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Where does “sorn” come from?

sorn (Old Irish) comes from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

sorn (Old Irish): furnace, oven, kiln

Definitions

  1. furnace, oven, kiln

Ancestry of “sorn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfurnusoven; bakery
2Proto-Italicfornos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós—
4Indo-European*gʷʰer-—

Words derived from “sorn”

  • sorn
  • sornóg
  • sòrn
  • sorn
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer- →