Where does “múchtóir” come from?

múchtóir (Irish) comes from Irish -tóir, from Old Irish -, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

múchtóir (Irish): extinguisher

Definitions

  1. extinguisher

Ancestry of “múchtóir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-tóir-er
2Old Irish-—
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Irish -tóir →