Where does “cath” come from?

cath (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish cath, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒ, from Proto-Celtic katus, from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

cath (Scottish Gaelic): battle

Definitions

  1. battle

Ancestry of “cath”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcathbattle, fight; troop, battalion
2Primitive Irishᚉᚐᚈᚈᚒbattle
3Proto-Celtickatusbattle
4Proto-Indo-Europeankéh₃tusfight
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéh₃tus →Every word from Proto-Celtic katus →
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