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Where does “ármag” come from?

ármag (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish ár, from Proto-Celtic agros, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵro-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

ármag (Old Irish): field of slaughter, battlefield

Definitions

  1. field of slaughter, battlefield

Ancestry of “ármag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishárslaughter, carnage; defeat, destruction
2Proto-Celticagros—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵro-hunt
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive
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