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Where does “lártheifeach” come from?

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

lártheifeach (Irish): centrifugal

Definitions

  1. centrifugal

Ancestry of “lártheifeach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlár-middle, central
2Irishlárground, floor; middle, center
3Old Irishlársurface, ground, floor; middle, interior
4Proto-Celticɸlāromfloor
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂rosflat; floor
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₂-flat
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