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

  1. second-person singular informal of er

Ancestry of “ort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfortsecond-person singular of for
2Old Irishforyour; you; For quotations using this term, see...
3Proto-Celtic*uɸeron, over, above
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “ort”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upér →