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Where does “clas-obrach” come from?

clas-obrach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic clàs, from English class, from French classe, from Italian classe, from Spanish clase, from Portuguese classe, from German klasse, from Russian класс — to call, cry, summon.

clas-obrach (Scottish Gaelic): working class

Definitions

  1. working class

Ancestry of “clas-obrach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicclàsclause
2EnglishclassA group, collection, category or set sharing...
3Frenchclasseclass, type, group; "Une classe de conscrits"...
4Italianclasseclass; classroom; style
5Spanishclaselecture; class; kind, sort, type
6Portugueseclasseclass, kind; class; elegance; class
7Germanklassegreat, awesome
8Russianклассclass; grade ; form; classroom
9Latinclassisany one of the five divisions into which Servius...
10Proto-Italicklāssis—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₁-to call, cry, summon
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kelh₁- →