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Where does “teas” come from?

teas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish tess, from Proto-Celtic texstus, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.

teas (Scottish Gaelic): heat

Definitions

  1. heat

Ancestry of “teas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtessheat, warmth
2Proto-Celtictexstus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

Words derived from “teas”

  • ain-teas
  • teasadair
Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep- →