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Where does “tìr” come from?

tìr (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish tír, from Proto-Celtic tīros, from Proto-Indo-European ters- — dry.

tìr (Scottish Gaelic): land, country, region, territory

Definitions

  1. land, country, region, territory

Ancestry of “tìr”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtírland, country, territory, ground
2Proto-Celtictīrosdry land
3Proto-Indo-Europeanters-dry

Words derived from “tìr”

  • eilthireachd
  • àrd-thìreach
  • àrd-thìr
  • eilthireach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ters- →