Where does “tir” come from?

tir (Old Cornish) comes from Proto-Celtic tīros, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tir (Old Cornish): earth, land

Definitions

  1. earth, land

Ancestry of “tir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictīrosdry land
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “tir”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tīros →