Where does “Dubliner” come from?

Dubliner (English) comes from English Dublin, from Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic dubus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Dubliner (English): Someone from Dublin, Ireland

Definitions

  1. Someone from Dublin, Ireland

Ancestry of “Dubliner”, step by step

Dubliner traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Dublin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDublinnow divided into the City of Dublin and three counties; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin
2Old Irishdubblack; morally dark, dire, gloomy, melancholy;...
3Proto-Celticdubusblack
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
5Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Dublin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansDublin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-Every word from Proto-Celtic dubus