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Where does “in(d)ber” come from?

in(d)ber (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic endo-ber-o, from Proto-Celtic endo, from Proto-Indo-European en-do-, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “in(d)ber”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticendo-ber-ocarrying in
2Proto-Celticendoin
3Proto-Indo-Europeanen-do-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “in(d)ber”

  • Inverness
  • Inverclyde
  • Inverness-shire
  • Inver-
  • Inverness
  • inbhir
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →