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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | trebus | — |
| 2 | Old French | trebus | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | tubrucus | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *þeuhabrōks | loincloth |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrēǵ- | to shine, shimmer |