Where does “Tirol” come from?

Tirol (German) comes from Proto-Celtic tīros, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

Ancestry of “Tirol”, step by step

Tirol traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic tīros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictīrosdry land
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

via Italian Tirolo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianTirolo—

via Middle High German Tirol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High GermanTirol—

Words derived from “Tirol”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tīros →
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