Where does “tir” come from?

tir (Cornish) comes from Old Cornish tir, from Proto-Celtic tīros, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tir (Cornish): land, earth

Definitions

  1. land, earth

Ancestry of “tir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Cornishtirearth, land
2Proto-Celtictīrosdry land
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “tir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tīros →Every word from Old Cornish tir →
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