céim
Irish (Donegal)
/ceːmʲ/
noun
Definitions
- step, footstep
- pace
- step of a stair, riser
- grade of elevation
- degree of a university, angle, temperature
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish céimm derived from Proto-Celtic *kanxsman (a step), *kengeti (walk, step, tread).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kengeti
Gloss
walk, step, tread
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
🚶 🚶 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- camminus Latin
- *(s)keng- Proto-Indo-European
- aischéim Irish
- aischéimnigh Irish
- aon-fhorchéim Irish
- ardchéim Irish
- ardchéimeach Irish
- ardchéimiúil Irish
- breis Irish
- breischéim Irish
- coiscéim Irish
- cos Irish
- céimí Irish
- fochéimí Irish
- forchéim Irish
- iarchéimí Irish
- camiño Galician
- cingid Old Irish
- céimm Old Irish
- keim Manx
- camỹo Old Portuguese
- *kanxsman Proto-Celtic
- *kengeti Proto-Celtic
- шега Macedonian
- camín Asturian
- шѧга Church Slavic, Church Slavonic, Old Church Slavonic, Old Slavonic, Old Bulgarian