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Where does “urchair” come from?

urchair (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish airchor, from Proto-Celtic *ɸarekoros.

urchair (Scottish Gaelic): missile, projectile; shot

Definitions

  1. missile, projectile; shot

Ancestry of “urchair”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishairchorcast, shot; act of putting forward, extending;...
2Proto-Celtic*ɸarekoros—
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