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Where does “arna” come from?

arna (Irish) comes from Irish ár, 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 — home; house.

arna (Irish): Only used in arna mhárach

Definitions

  1. Only used in arna mhárach

Ancestry of “arna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishárour; slaughter, carnage; havoc, destruction
2Middle Irishol—
3Old Irishólverbal noun of ibid; drinking; draught
4Unamiool—
5EnglishPool—
6Middle Englishpool—
7Old Englishpōlpool
8Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
9Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
11Yorubailéhome; house
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