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Where does “tart” come from?

tart (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic tartus, from Proto-Indo-European térstus, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tart (Old Irish): thirst; first-person singular present subjunctive...

Definitions

  1. thirst; first-person singular present subjunctive...

Ancestry of “tart”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtictartusthirst
2Proto-Indo-Europeantérstus—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “tart”

  • tart
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →