Where does “dían” come from?

dían (Old Irish) comes from Celtic *deinos, from Proto-Indo-European deyh₁- — to hurtle, to chase.

dían (Old Irish): swift, rapid, sudden, hasty; impetuous, vehement,...

Definitions

  1. swift, rapid, sudden, hasty; impetuous, vehement,...

Ancestry of “dían”, step by step

dían traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Celtic *deinos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*deinos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandeyh₁-to hurtle, to chase

via Proto-Celtic *deinos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*deinos—

Words derived from “dían”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European deyh₁- →Every word from Celtic *deinos →