Where does “sruth” come from?

sruth (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic srutom, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.

sruth (Old Irish): stream, river, current; strait, stream, current;...

Definitions

  1. stream, river, current; strait, stream, current;...

Ancestry of “sruth”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticsrutomstream, river; flow, current
2Proto-Indo-Europeansrew-to flow, stream
3Proto-Indo-Europeanser-to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together

Words derived from “sruth”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ser- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European srew- →Every word from Proto-Celtic srutom →