a
Irish (Donegal)
/ə/
determiner
Definitions
- his, its
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish a (her, its, the, his, their) inherited from Proto-Celtic *esyo, *esyās, *eysom derived from Proto-Indo-European *éy.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*éy
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- agra English
- ec- Latin
- εἰ Ancient Greek
- *éy Proto-Indo-European
- अयम् Sanskrit
- आत् Sanskrit
- इति Sanskrit
- इव Sanskrit
- de Irish
- gach uair Irish
- gach uair dá Irish
- *i Proto-Slavic
- *jь Proto-Slavic
- Jac a'i Wagen Welsh
- ef Welsh
- ei Welsh
- erioed Welsh
- a Old Irish
- hé, é Old Irish
- iarsindí Old Irish
- é Old Irish
- *es Proto-Celtic
- *esyo Proto-Celtic
- *esyās Proto-Celtic
- *eysom Proto-Celtic
- *sindom Proto-Celtic
- *ayám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *ifei Proto-Italic
- *is Proto-Italic
- ਇਸ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਇਹ Panjabi, Punjabi