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Where does “coirt” come from?

coirt (Irish) comes from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.

coirt (Irish): bark; coating; fur, scale, scum; Alternative form...

Definitions

  1. bark; coating; fur, scale, scum; Alternative form...

Ancestry of “coirt”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatincortexThe bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;...
2Proto-Indo-European*(s)kort-ek-s—
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