Where does “åta” come from?

åta (Norwegian Nynorsk) comes from Proto-Albanian a-ta, from Old Irish at·tá, from Old Irish ad-, from Old Irish uss-, from Old Irish beirid, from Proto-Celtic bereti, from English beret, from French béret — short.

åta (Norwegian Nynorsk): attack; to spread earth, ash etc. onto snow in...

Definitions

  1. attack; to spread earth, ash etc. onto snow in...

Ancestry of “åta”, step by step

åta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Albanian a-ta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Albaniana-ta
2Old Irishat·táto be
3Old Irishad-to, towards; in many compounds, it has a purely...
4Old Irishuss-up, off
5Old Irishbeiridto carry, bring; to bear; to give
6Proto-Celticberetito carry, bear; to flow
7EnglishberetA type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and...
8Frenchbéretberet
9Occitanberretcap
10Medieval Latinbirretum
11Late Latinbirrusa kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat
12Gaulishbirrusshort cloak
13Proto-Celticbirrosshort

via Norwegian Nynorsk å

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorskåto; To express different emotions, oh; Used to...
2Swedishåa river, a creek, a big stream; on
3Swedishochand; used to connect two homogeneous words or...
4Old Swedishock
5Old Norseokand; also, too; yoke
6Old Norsesváso
7Proto-Germanicswaso, thus, in this manner
8Proto-Germanicswēlike, similar to; just like, in the same manner...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswēself (reflexive pronoun)

via Norwegian Nynorsk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norwegian Nynorska toe; thawed ground; ground that is free from...
2Old Norsea toe; path, walk
3Proto-Germanictaihwǭtoe
4Proto-Germanictīhwanąto show, announce
5Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out
Every word from Proto-Celtic birrosEvery word from Gaulish birrusEvery word from Late Latin birrus
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