Where does “cauru” come from?

cauru (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic kaɸrāxs, from Proto-Indo-European kápros — he-goat, billy goat.

cauru (Old Irish): sheep

Definitions

  1. sheep

Ancestry of “cauru”, step by step

cauru traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic kaɸrāxs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickaɸrāxssheep
2Proto-Indo-Europeankáproshe-goat, billy goat

via Proto-Celtic *kaɸerūxs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*kaɸerūxssheep

Words derived from “cauru”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kápros →Every word from Proto-Celtic kaɸrāxs →