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Where does “cíar” come from?

cíar (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Indo-European ḱēy(w)-.

cíar (Old Irish): dark

Definitions

  1. dark

Ancestry of “cíar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanḱēy(w)-—

Words derived from “cíar”

  • Ciaran
  • Kieron
  • ciar
  • Ciarán
  • ciaróg
  • ciar
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