Where does “toirt fa-near” come from?
toirt fa-near (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic fa-near, from Scottish Gaelic fòn, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé-, from Ancient Greek τῆλε, from Latin commūnicāre — resin.
toirt fa-near (Scottish Gaelic): perception
Definitions
- perception
Ancestry of “toirt fa-near”, step by step
toirt fa-near traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic fa-near
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | fa-near | under consideration/attention/notice, on mind |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | fòn | telephone |
| 3 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 4 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 5 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 6 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 8 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 9 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 10 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Scottish Gaelic toirt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | toirt | verbal noun of thoir; importance, value |
| 2 | Old Irish | tabairt | verbal noun of do·beir; gift; wage |
| 3 | Old Irish | to- | prefix used to create verbs and associated verbal... |
| 4 | Old Irish | aith- | re-; second, a further; ex- |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | ati- | re-, again, second, further |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | éti | beyond; over |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁é | and, then |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |