Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “echtra” come from?

echtra (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish echtar, from Proto-Celtic *exteros, from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰs — out.

Ancestry of “echtra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishechtarwithout, outside
2Proto-Celtic*exteros—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁eǵʰsout

Words derived from “echtra”

  • eachtra
  • fo-eachtra
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