Where does “os-fhìreachas” come from?
os-fhìreachas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic os-fhìreach, 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.
os-fhìreachas (Scottish Gaelic): surrealism
Definitions
- surrealism
Ancestry of “os-fhìreachas”, step by step
os-fhìreachas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic os-fhìreach
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | os-fhìreach | surreal, surrealistic |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | os | over, above |
| 3 | Old Irish | úas | above, over |
| 4 | Dutch | wassen | to wash, to clean; to grow, to rise, to increase,... |
| 5 | Dutch | was | laundry, clothes that need to be washed, or just... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | was | first/third-person singular past indicative of... |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | wassen | to grow, to wax; to increase |
| 8 | Old Dutch | wassan | to grow, to wax; to rise in level |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | wahsan | to grow |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | wahsijaną | to grow |
| 11 | Indo-European | *h₂weks- | — |