Where does “iuchair” come from?

iuchair (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Proto-Celtic *ikūr, from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥, from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ — Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns.

iuchair (Scottish Gaelic): key; clef

Definitions

  1. key; clef

Ancestry of “iuchair”, step by step

iuchair traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Celtic *ikūr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*ikūr—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanyókʷr̥liver
3Proto-Indo-European-r̥Derives nouns from roots, frequently mass nouns

via Middle Irish eochair

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irisheochair—
2Old Irisheochairkey

Words derived from “iuchair”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -r̥ →Every word from Proto-Indo-European yókʷr̥ →Every word from Proto-Celtic *ikūr →