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Where does “ar” come from?

ar (Irish) comes from Middle Irish ol, from Old Irish ól, from Unami ool, from English Pool, from Middle English pool, from Old English pōl, from Proto-West Germanic *pōl, from Proto-Germanic pōlaz — home; house.

ar (Irish): our; slaughter, carnage; havoc, destruction

Definitions

  1. our; slaughter, carnage; havoc, destruction

Ancestry of “ar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishol—
2Old Irishólverbal noun of ibid; drinking; draught
3Unamiool—
4EnglishPool—
5Middle Englishpool—
6Old Englishpōlpool
7Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
8Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
10Yorubailéhome; house

Words derived from “ar”

  • arnár
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