Where does “Béarlóir” come from?

Béarlóir (Irish) comes from Irish Béarla, from Old Irish bélrae, from Old Irish bél, from Proto-Celtic wewlos — lip.

Béarlóir (Irish): English-speaker, Anglophone

Definitions

  1. English-speaker, Anglophone

Ancestry of “Béarlóir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IrishBéarlaEnglish language; the English language
2Old Irishbélraelanguage, speech
3Old Irishbéllip; mouth; opening
4Proto-Celticwewloslip

Words derived from “Béarlóir”

Every word from Proto-Celtic wewlos →Every word from Old Irish bél →Every word from Old Irish bélrae →