Where does “saor” come from?

saor (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish sóer, from Proto-Celtic *[[su-]][[wiros]].

saor (Scottish Gaelic): free; cheap; free, rescue, save

Definitions

  1. free; cheap; free, rescue, save

Ancestry of “saor”, step by step

saor traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish sóer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsóerfree; freeman; noble
2Proto-Celtic*[[su-]][[wiros]]—

via Scottish Gaelic saoranach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicsaoranachcitizen

Words derived from “saor”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *[[su-]][[wiros]] →Every word from Old Irish sóer →