Where does “tùs” come from?
tùs (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish tús, from Proto-Celtic *towissus, from Proto-Celtic wissus, from Proto-Indo-European wéydtus, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.
tùs (Scottish Gaelic): beginning, origin; source
Definitions
- beginning, origin; source
Ancestry of “tùs”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | tús | beginning; forefront |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | *towissus | — |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | wissus | act of discovering, finding out; knowledge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wéydtus | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |