Where does “at·tá” come from?

at·tá (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic ad, from Proto-Celtic *tāyeti, from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂-.

at·tá (Old Irish): to be

Definitions

  1. to be

Ancestry of “at·tá”, step by step

at·tá traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic ad

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticadto
2Proto-Celtic*tāyetito stand
3Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-—

via Old Irish tá

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtáunattested by itself; takes various preverbs to...
2Proto-Celtictātito stand; to be
3Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

Words derived from “at·tá”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *tāyeti →Every word from Proto-Celtic ad →