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Where does “crob” come from?
crob (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *kruwos, from Proto-Indo-European krewH- — to cover, heap.
Ancestry of “crob”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Proto-Celtic
*kruwos
—
2
Proto-Indo-European
krewH-
to cover, heap
Words derived from “crob”
crobh
aolchrobh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European krewH- →
Every word from Proto-Celtic *kruwos →