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Where does “dorus” come from?

dorus (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic dworestus, from Proto-Celtic *dwār, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwṓr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰwer- — door.

dorus (Old Irish): door

Definitions

  1. door

Ancestry of “dorus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticdworestus—
2Proto-Celtic*dwār—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwṓrdoor
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰwer-door

Words derived from “dorus”

  • doras
  • doras
  • dor-dhuille
  • fo-ghorrys
  • dorrys
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