Where does “traig” come from?
traig (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic tregess, from Proto-Indo-European tregʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰregʰ- — to run.
traig (Old Irish): strand, shore; ebb tide; exhaustion, death
Definitions
- strand, shore; ebb tide; exhaustion, death
Ancestry of “traig”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Celtic | tregess | foot |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | tregʰ- | to drag, pull?; to run, walk |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰregʰ- | to run |
Words derived from “traig”