beatha
Gaelic (Scots)
/pɛhə/
noun
Definitions
- life
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
- *gʷeih₃w- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wo-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European
- *kwikwaz Proto-Germanic
- *kwiwaz Proto-Germanic
- beatha Irish
- *živъ Proto-Slavic
- bethach Old Irish
- bethu Old Irish
- Beathag Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- beath-eachdraidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dà-bheathach Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- dà-bheathachas Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- eachdraidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- eachdraidh-beatha Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bea Manx
- *biwos Proto-Celtic
- *biwotūts Proto-Celtic
- *ǰiHwás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *gʷīwos Proto-Italic
- betha Middle Irish
- *gīˀwas Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *gīˀwás Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *bïwïd Proto-Brythonic
- 𐎪𐎡𐎺 Old Persian
- *gīˀwás bat-pro