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Irish
Etymology 1
From aiste(“quirk, peculiarity; knack, odd talent”) + -ach(adjectival suffix).[1]
1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:
n̄ax æšcəx ə šḱēl ē?
[Nach aisteach an scéal é?]
Isn’t that a strange story?
1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 30:
tā šē rī æšcəx gə mĭøx n̥ ȷīnēr xō ȷeŕnəx.
[Tá sé rí-aisteach go mbeadh an dinnéar chomh deireanach.]