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

arna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish ár

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishárour; slaughter, carnage; havoc, destruction
2Middle Irishol—
3Old Irishólverbal noun of ibid; drinking; draught
4Unamioolegg
5EnglishPoolOS grid ref SW6641
6Middle Englishpool—
7Old Englishpōlpool
8Proto-West Germanic*pōl—
9Proto-Germanicpōlazpool
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbale-bog, marsh
11Yorubailéhome; house

via Irish a

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishahis, its; her, its; their
2Old Irishanominative/accusative singular neuter of in; that...
3Proto-Celtic*āO (vocative particle)
4Proto-Indo-Europeanōoh, ah
Every word from Yoruba ilé →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bale- →Every word from Proto-Germanic pōlaz →