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Where does “bádóir” come from?

bádóir (Irish) comes from Irish bád, from Middle Irish bát, from Old English bāt, from Proto-West Germanic bait, from Proto-Germanic baitaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰeyd-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰey- — bee.

bádóir (Irish): boatman, boater, waterman; water boatman

Definitions

  1. boatman, boater, waterman; water boatman

Ancestry of “bádóir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishbádboat; first-person singular present subjunctive...
2Middle Irishbát—
3Old Englishbātthat which can be bitten, food, bait; boat, ship,...
4Proto-West Germanicbaitboat, ship
5Proto-Germanicbaitazboat, ship
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰeyd-to split
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰey-bee
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