Where does “fescor” come from?

fescor (Old Irish) comes from Latin vesper, from Proto-Italic *wesperos, from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros, from Proto-Indo-European we-.

fescor (Old Irish): evening, eventide, vespers; end, decline, wane

Definitions

  1. evening, eventide, vespers; end, decline, wane

Ancestry of “fescor”, step by step

fescor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vesper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvesperthe evening or vespers; supper, dinner; the...
2Proto-Italic*wesperos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwek(ʷ)sperosevening
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwe-—

via Celtic *weskʷeros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Celtic*weskʷeros—

Words derived from “fescor”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European we- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wek(ʷ)speros →Every word from Proto-Italic *wesperos →