Where does “Tír Dá Glas” come from?
Tír Dá Glas (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish dá, from Proto-Celtic dwau, from Proto-Brythonic dọw, from Proto-Celtic *duwo, from Proto-Indo-European dwóh₁ — two.
Tír Dá Glas (Old Irish): Terryglass, a village in Munster
Definitions
- Terryglass, a village in Munster
Ancestry of “Tír Dá Glas”, step by step
Tír Dá Glas traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Irish dá
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | dá | two |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | dwau | two |
| 3 | Proto-Brythonic | dọw | two |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | *duwo | two |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dwóh₁ | two |
via Old Irish glas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | glas | green, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the... |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | glastos | green, blue |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃stós | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |