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Where does “lárinchinn” come from?

lárinchinn (Irish) comes from Irish lár, from Old Irish lár, from Proto-Celtic ɸlārom, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂ros, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₂- — flat.

lárinchinn (Irish): midbrain

Definitions

  1. midbrain

Ancestry of “lárinchinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlárground, floor; middle, center
2Old Irishlársurface, ground, floor; middle, interior
3Proto-Celticɸlāromfloor
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
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