Where does “Tipperary” come from?

Tipperary is an English place name derived from Irish Tiobraid Árann, from Irish tiobraid meaning "well" or "spring."

Ancestry of “Tipperary”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Irish	Tiobraid Árann	Well of Ara
2	Irish	ára	kidney; loins, vitals
3	Old Irish	ara	for the, because of the; for his/her/its/their,...
4	Old Irish	ár	slaughter, carnage; defeat, destruction
5	Proto-Celtic	agros	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	h₂eǵro-	hunt
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₂eǵ-	to drive

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