Where does “Cill Dara” come from?

Cill Dara (Irish) comes from Old Irish Cell Daro, from Old Irish dáir, from Old Irish daur, from Proto-Celtic daru, from Proto-Indo-European dóru, from Proto-Indo-European drew- — hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree.

Cill Dara (Irish): Kildare town

Definitions

  1. Kildare town

Ancestry of “Cill Dara”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishCell DaroKildare, a town in Leinster
2Old Irishdáirbulling, heat
3Old Irishdaur—
4Proto-Celticdaruoak
5Proto-Indo-Europeandórutree
6Proto-Indo-Europeandrew-hard, firm, strong, solid; hard, fast; tree

Words derived from “Cill Dara”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European drew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dóru →Every word from Proto-Celtic daru →
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