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Where does “sorn” come from?

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

sorn (Manx): range, fireplace under boiler

Definitions

  1. range, fireplace under boiler

Ancestry of “sorn”, step by step

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