beatha
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈbʲahə/
noun
Definitions
- life; biography
- living, livelihood
- food, sustenance
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Irish betha (life) inherited from Old Irish bethu (life, existence) inherited from Proto-Celtic *biwotūts derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós (alive).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʷih₃wós
Gloss
alive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- viable English
- vitasphere English
- vita Latin
- vitalis Latin
- vīta Latin
- Biotin German
- vita Italian
- vida Spanish, Castilian
- βίοτος Ancient Greek
- βιοτεύω Ancient Greek
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- जीवित Sanskrit
- antaibheathach Irish
- beathachruth Irish
- beathaigh Irish
- beathúil Irish
- cruth Irish
- frithbheathach Irish
- scagbheathóir Irish
- Vita Danish
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- vie Old French
- viḍe Old French
- जीवित Hindi
- vită Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- bywyd Welsh
- vite Middle Dutch
- bethach Old Irish
- bethaigid Old Irish
- bethu Old Irish
- beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bea Manx
- vida Old Portuguese
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- jīvita Pali
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *gʷītā Proto-Italic
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- veta Romansh
- vita Romansh
- vida Asturian
- ជីវិត Central Khmer
- животъ Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- vite Friulian
- vida Old Occitan
- betha Middle Irish
- ຊີວິດ Lao
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- vìtta Ligurian
- vida Ladino
- *bïwïd Proto-Brythonic
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- vie Bourguignon
- vita Ladin
- vida Sardinian
- vita Neapolitan
- veîta Istriot
- bida Mirandese
- via Franco-Provençal
- ᦋᦲᦞᦲᧆ Lü
- vie Picard
- vita Piedmontese
- *gīˀwás bat-pro