Where does “ort” come from?
ort (Manx) comes from Old Irish fort, from Old Irish for, from Proto-Celtic *uɸer, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
ort (Manx): second-person singular informal of er
Definitions
- second-person singular informal of er
Ancestry of “ort”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | fort | second-person singular of for |
| 2 | Old Irish | for | your; you; For quotations using this term, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | *uɸer | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | upér | above; over |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |