Etymology Explorer
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Where does “orð” come from?
orð (Middle Welsh) comes from Brythonic *orð, from Proto-Celtic ordos, from Mongolian ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠰ.
Ancestry of “orð”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Brythonic
*orð
—
2
Proto-Celtic
ordos
hammer
3
Mongolian
ᠣᠷᠳᠣᠰ
—
Words derived from “orð”
gordd
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