Where does “kiune-vreearagh” come from?
kiune-vreearagh (Manx) comes from Manx breear, from Old Irish bríathar, from Proto-Celtic *breitrā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerH- — to pierce; to strike; brown.
kiune-vreearagh (Manx): softspoken
Ancestry of “kiune-vreearagh”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Manx | breear | verb |
| 2 | Old Irish | bríathar | word; speech, talk; verb |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | *breitrā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerH- | to pierce; to strike; brown |