Where does “ceart” come from?

ceart (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish cert, from Latin certus, from Proto-Indo-European krey- — to sift, separate, divide.

ceart (Scottish Gaelic): right

Definitions

  1. right

Ancestry of “ceart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcertcorrect, right, proper, fitting; fair, just;...
2Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

Words derived from “ceart”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Latin certus →Every word from Old Irish cert →