Where does “drathars” come from?

drathars (Scottish Gaelic) comes from English drawers, from English draw, from Fijian drau, from Proto-Oceanic rau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dahun — leaf.

drathars (Scottish Gaelic): drawers, knickers

Definitions

  1. drawers, knickers

Ancestry of “drathars”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishdrawersplural of drawer; Clothing worn on the legs,...
2Englishdraw"To move or develop something."; "To exert or...
3Fijiandrauleaf; hundred
4Proto-Oceanicrau—
5Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandahunleaf
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