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Where does “*pʉr” come from?
*pʉr (Proto-Brythonic) comes from Latin pūrus, from Proto-Indo-European pewH- — to be clean, pure.
Ancestry of “*pʉr”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
pūrus
clear, limpid
2
Proto-Indo-European
pewH-
to be clean, pure
Words derived from “*pʉr”
pur
pur
pur
pur
purdeb
puro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pewH- →
Every word from Latin pūrus →
*pʉr — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer