Where does “cath” come from?

cath (Old Irish) comes from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ, from Proto-Celtic katus, from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cath (Old Irish): battle, fight; troop, battalion

Definitions

  1. battle, fight; troop, battalion

Ancestry of “cath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Primitive Irishᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒbattle
2Proto-Celtickatusbattle
3Proto-Indo-Europeankéh₃tusfight
4Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “cath”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus →Every word from Proto-Celtic katus →