Where does “ar-” come from?

ar- (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.

ar- (Old Irish): for-, fore-

Definitions

  1. for-, fore-

Ancestry of “ar-”, 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 “ar-”

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