Where does “conamail” come from?

conamail (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish cú, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ, from Proto-Celtic kū, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

conamail (Old Irish): houndlike

Definitions

  1. houndlike

Ancestry of “conamail”, step by step

conamail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish cú

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcúdog, hound; wolf
2Primitive Irishᚉᚒᚅᚐhound, wolf
3Proto-Celtickūdog; wolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Old Irish amail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishamailAlternative form of amal; like, as
2Old Irishsamailverbal noun of samlaidir; likeness, similarity;...
3Proto-Celticsamalissimilitude, description
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Celtic kū →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ →