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Where does “dú” come from?

dú (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic gdū, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.

dú (Old Irish): place, spot; someone's particular place; native...

Definitions

  1. place, spot; someone's particular place; native...

Ancestry of “dú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticgdūplace
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰéǵʰōmearth
3Proto-Indo-European-ōm—
4Proto-Indo-European-mi—
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