Where does “gae” come from?

gae (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic gaisos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰays-, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰey- — winter.

gae (Old Irish): spear

Definitions

  1. spear

Ancestry of “gae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticgaisosspear
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰays-pointed stick, spear; spear
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰey-winter

Words derived from “gae

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