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Where does “sorn” come from?

sorn (Irish) comes from Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

sorn (Irish): furnace; stove, range

Definitions

  1. furnace; stove, range

Ancestry of “sorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsornfurnace, oven, kiln
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “sorn”

  • sornóg
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →