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Where does “triubus” come from?

triubus (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish trebus, from Old French trebus, from Late Latin tubrucus, from Proto-Germanic *þeuhabrōks, from Proto-Indo-European bʰrēǵ- — to shine, shimmer.

Ancestry of “triubus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtrebus—
2Old Frenchtrebus—
3Late Latintubrucus—
4Proto-Germanic*þeuhabrōks—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrēǵ-to shine, shimmer
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