Where does “fort” come from?

fort (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish for, from Proto-Celtic *uɸer, from Proto-Indo-European upér, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

fort (Old Irish): second-person singular of for

Definitions

  1. second-person singular of for

Ancestry of “fort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishforyour; you; For quotations using this term, see...
2Proto-Celtic*uɸeron, over, above
3Proto-Indo-Europeanupérabove; over
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-

Words derived from “fort

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-Every word from Proto-Indo-European upóEvery word from Proto-Indo-European upér
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