taoiseach
Irish (Donegal)
[ˈt̪ˠiːʃəx], [ˈt̪ˠiːʃax]
noun
Definitions
- chieftain, leader
- Taoiseach, prime minister
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish toísech (leader, first, former) inherited from Primitive Irish ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ inherited from Proto-Celtic *towissākos (leader) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wedʰ- (lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wedʰ-
Gloss
lead, pledge, redeem a pledge, bind, guarantee, bail
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
鉛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wedde Dutch, Flemish
- *steygʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *wedʰ-úHs Proto-Indo-European
- *weyd- Proto-Indo-European
- *wadją Proto-Germanic
- *wadjōną Proto-Germanic
- Taoiseach Irish
- *vesti Proto-Slavic
- *voditi Proto-Slavic
- بیو Persian
- tywys Welsh
- tywysog Welsh
- վարեմ Old Armenian
- tosach Old Irish
- toísech Old Irish
- *towissos Proto-Celtic
- *towissākos Proto-Celtic
- *wedesman Proto-Celtic
- *wedeti Proto-Celtic
- *ɸarewedeti, *ɸare-wedn- Proto-Celtic
- túsca Middle Irish
- *wed- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wedtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wetä fiu-pro
- *wetä- fiu-pro
- ᚈᚑᚃᚔᚄᚐᚉᚔ Primitive Irish