Where does “druid” come from?

druid (Irish) comes from Old Irish truit, from Proto-Celtic *trozdī, from Proto-Indo-European trósdos.

druid (Irish): starling; close, shut; move relative to something

Definitions

  1. starling; close, shut; move relative to something

Ancestry of “druid”, step by step

druid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish truit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtruitstarling
2Proto-Celtic*trozdī—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantrósdos—

via Old Irish druitid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdruitidshuts, closes; moves close , presses ;...

Words derived from “druid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European trósdos →Every word from Proto-Celtic *trozdī →Every word from Old Irish truit →