Where does “or” come from?

or (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic *ōʀ, from Proto-Germanic ōsaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃éh₁os — mouth.

or (Old English): origin, beginning

Definitions

  1. origin, beginning

Ancestry of “or”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*ōʀ—
2Proto-Germanicōsazmouth; mouth, inlet
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃éh₁osmouth

Words derived from “or”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃éh₁os →