Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “semar” come from?

semar (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic semarā, from Proto-Indo-European semh₁r-.

Ancestry of “semar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticsemarā—
2Proto-Indo-Europeansemh₁r-—

Words derived from “semar”

  • shamrock
  • shamrockery
  • shamrocklike
  • seamróg
  • seamair
  • semróc
  • shamrag
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