Where does “bairgen” come from?

bairgen (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic bargos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- — top, tip, point.

bairgen (Old Irish): bread, loaf; food, plain diet; bread, loaf

Definitions

  1. bread, loaf; food, plain diet; bread, loaf

Ancestry of “bairgen”, step by step

bairgen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic bargos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbargoscake, bread
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰers-top, tip, point

via Proto-Celtic barginā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticbarginācake, bread
2Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰars-spike, prickle

Words derived from “bairgen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰers- →Every word from Proto-Celtic bargos →