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Where does “thalloo” come from?

thalloo (Manx) comes from Old Irish talam, from Proto-Celtic talamū, from Proto-Indo-European tl̥-mon-, from Proto-Indo-European tel- — flat; board, plank; to be still; to build.

thalloo (Manx): land, country, terrain, territory, shore; earth,...

Definitions

  1. land, country, terrain, territory, shore; earth,...

Ancestry of “thalloo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtalamearth, land; land, country; earth
2Proto-Celtictalamūearth
3Proto-Indo-Europeantl̥-mon-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantel-flat; board, plank; to be still; to build

Words derived from “thalloo”

  • Thalloo yn Eeast
  • thallooinagh
  • ard-halloo
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