Where does “dubh” come from?

dubh (Irish) comes from Old Irish dub, from Proto-Celtic dubus, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

dubh (Irish): black; black-haired

Definitions

  1. black; black-haired

Ancestry of “dubh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdubblack; morally dark, dire, gloomy, melancholy;...
2Proto-Celticdubusblack
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewbʰ-deep
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

Words derived from “dubh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →