Where does “air-” come from?

air- (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic ɸare-, from Proto-Celtic ɸare, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wes- — to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night.

air- (Old Irish): for-, fore

Definitions

  1. for-, fore

Ancestry of “air-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticɸare-for-, fore-
2Proto-Celticɸarein front of
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wes-to dwell, live, reside; to stay, spend the night

Words derived from “air-”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wes- →Every word from Proto-Celtic ɸare →Every word from Proto-Celtic ɸare- →