Where does “liom” come from?

liom (Irish) comes from Irish le, from Irish re, from Old Irish fri, from Proto-Celtic writ-, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.

liom (Irish): first-person singular of le: with mé, to me

Definitions

  1. first-person singular of le: with mé, to me

Ancestry of “liom”, step by step

liom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish le

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlewith; used in conjunction with the copula...
2Irishreto
3Old Irishfritowards, to; against; with
4Proto-Celticwrit-against, opposite
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwert-to turn, to rotate
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel

via Irish mé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1IrishméI, me
2Old IrishméI
3Proto-CelticmīI, me
4Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I

Words derived from “liom”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wert- →Every word from Proto-Celtic writ- →