Where does “sòrn” come from?

sòrn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish sorn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic fornos, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nós, from Indo-European *gʷʰer-.

sòrn (Scottish Gaelic): snout; flue of a kiln or oven; concavity

Definitions

  1. snout; flue of a kiln or oven; concavity

Ancestry of “sòrn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsornfurnace, oven, kiln
2Latinfurnusoven; bakery
3Proto-Italicfornos
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷʰr̥-nós
5Indo-European*gʷʰer-
Every word from Indo-European *gʷʰer-Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰr̥-nósEvery word from Proto-Italic fornos
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