Where does “os-fhìreach” come from?
os-fhìreach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic os, from Old Irish úas, from Dutch wassen, from Dutch was, from Middle Dutch was, from Middle Dutch wassen, from Old Dutch wassan, from Proto-West Germanic wahsan.
os-fhìreach (Scottish Gaelic): surreal, surrealistic
Ancestry of “os-fhìreach”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | os | over, above |
| 2 | Old Irish | úas | above, over |
| 3 | Dutch | wassen | to wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,... |
| 4 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 7 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 10 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |
Words derived from “os-fhìreach”