Where does “tart” come from?

tart (Irish) comes from Old Irish tart, from Proto-Celtic tartus, from Proto-Indo-European térstus, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tart (Irish): thirst

Definitions

  1. thirst

Ancestry of “tart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtartthirst; first-person singular present subjunctive...
2Proto-Celtictartusthirst
3Proto-Indo-Europeantérstus—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European térstus →Every word from Proto-Celtic tartus →