Where does “tír” come from?

tír (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic tīros, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tír (Old Irish): land, country, territory, ground

Definitions

  1. land, country, territory, ground

Ancestry of “tír”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictīrosdry land
2Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “tír”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →Every word from Proto-Celtic tīros →