Where does “dair” come from?

dair (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish dairid, from Proto-Celtic daryeti, from Proto-Indo-European dʰerh₃- — to leap, spring.

Ancestry of “dair”, step by step

dair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish dairid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdairidto leap upon; bulls; to bull
2Proto-Celticdaryetito leap upon; to bull
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰerh₃-to leap, spring

via Old Irish dârô

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdârô—

Words derived from “dair”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰerh₃- →Every word from Proto-Celtic daryeti →Every word from Old Irish dairid →