Where does “eadar-bhreith” come from?
eadar-bhreith (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic breith, from Old Irish breth, from Old Irish beirid, from Proto-Celtic bereti, from English beret, from French béret, from Occitan berret, from Medieval Latin birretum — short.
eadar-bhreith (Scottish Gaelic): arbitration
Definitions
- arbitration
Ancestry of “eadar-bhreith”, step by step
eadar-bhreith traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic breith
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | breith | opinion; assessment, judgment; decision |
| 2 | Old Irish | breth | verbal noun of beirid: carrying, bearing;... |
| 3 | Old Irish | beirid | to carry, bring; to bear; to give |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | bereti | to carry, bear; to flow |
| 5 | English | beret | A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and... |
| 6 | French | béret | beret |
| 7 | Occitan | berret | cap |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | birretum | — |
| 9 | Late Latin | birrus | a kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat |
| 10 | Gaulish | birrus | short cloak |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | birros | short |
via Scottish Gaelic eadar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | eadar | between |
| 2 | English | Eider | the boundary between Schleswig and Holstein |
| 3 | Swedish | ejder | eider; common eider, the species "Somateria... |
| 4 | Low German | eider | — |
| 5 | Icelandic | æður | eider; vein; wadable |
| 6 | Old Norse | æðr | vein; eider |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | ēþrō | vein |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ēt-er- | stomach, intestines |