Where does “ceart-cheàrnach” come from?

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

ceart-cheàrnach (Scottish Gaelic): rectangle

Definitions

  1. rectangle

Ancestry of “ceart-cheàrnach”, step by step

ceart-cheàrnach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic ceart

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicceartright
2Old Irishcertcorrect, right, proper, fitting; fair, just;...
3Latincertuscertain; fixed, settled, firm; resolved,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrey-to sift, separate, divide

via Scottish Gaelic ceàrnach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicceàrnachsquare, quadratic
2Old Irishcernachangular, having corners
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krey- →Every word from Latin certus →Every word from Old Irish cert →