anse
Old Irish
/ˈan͈se/
adj
Definitions
- difficult, impossible
Etymology
Affix from Old Irish asse (easy) inherited from Proto-Celtic *an-sādos, sādo-syos.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*an-sādos, sādo-syos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anhawster Welsh
- anodd Welsh
- anoddach Welsh
- anoddaf Welsh
- anodded Welsh
- hawdd Welsh
- asse Old Irish
- *ad-sādos, sādo-syos Proto-Celtic
- *an-sādos, sādo-syos Proto-Celtic