Where does “oll-ardchlár” come from?
oll-ardchlár (Irish) comes from Irish oll-, from Irish oll, from Old Irish -, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
oll-ardchlár (Irish): continental plateau
Ancestry of “oll-ardchlár”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | oll- | mass; general; landslide |
| 2 | Irish | oll | great; huge, vast, immense |
| 3 | Old Irish | - | — |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |