Where does “tro” come from?

tro (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish tremi, from Old Irish tre, from Proto-Celtic trimo-, from Proto-Celtic *trei, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.

tro (Scottish Gaelic): through

Definitions

  1. through

Ancestry of “tro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtremi—
2Old Irishtrethrough
3Proto-Celtictrimo-—
4Proto-Celtic*treithrough
5Proto-Indo-Europeanterh₂-to cross over, pass through, overcome

Words derived from “tro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *trei →Every word from Proto-Celtic trimo- →
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