Where does “foghar” come from?
foghar (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish fogamur, from Old Irish fogamar, from Old Irish fo-, from Old Irish ad-, from Old Irish uss-, from Old Irish beirid, from Proto-Celtic bereti, from English beret — short.
foghar (Scottish Gaelic): harvest; autumn; phone
Definitions
- harvest; autumn; phone
Ancestry of “foghar”, step by step
foghar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle Irish fogamur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | fogamur | — |
| 2 | Old Irish | fogamar | the season of autumn |
| 3 | Old Irish | fo- | sub-, under- |
| 4 | Old Irish | ad- | to, towards; in many compounds, it has a purely... |
| 5 | Old Irish | uss- | up, off |
| 6 | Old Irish | beirid | to carry, bring; to bear; to give |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | bereti | to carry, bear; to flow |
| 8 | English | beret | A type of round, brimless cap with a soft top and... |
| 9 | French | béret | beret |
| 10 | Occitan | berret | cap |
| 11 | Medieval Latin | birretum | — |
| 12 | Late Latin | birrus | a kind of cloak; large hooded cloak; hooded coat |
| 13 | Gaulish | birrus | short cloak |
| 14 | Proto-Celtic | birros | short |
via Old Irish fogur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | fogur | a sound |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | uɸo-gar-os | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵeh₂r- | to shout, cry; exclamation; voice; to call, cry |