Where does “críathar” come from?

críathar (Old Irish) comes from Celtic *kreitros, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

críathar (Old Irish): sieve, riddle

Definitions

  1. sieve, riddle

Ancestry of “críathar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*kreitros—
2Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Celtic *kreitros →