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Where does “tremi” come from?

tremi (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish tre, from Proto-Celtic trimo-, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

Ancestry of “tremi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtrethrough
2Proto-Celtictrimo-—
3Proto-Celtic*trei—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

Words derived from “tremi”

  • tromhamsa
  • tromhainn
  • tromham
  • tromhpa
  • troimhpe
  • tro
  • gaoth tro tholl
  • troimhesan
  • troimhe
  • tromhad
  • tromhadsa
  • troimhpese
  • tromhaibh
  • tromhainne
  • tromhpasan
  • tromhaibhse
  • tron
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