derb
Old Irish
/dʲerv/
adj
Definitions
- sure, certain, fixed, determinate
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *derwos (firm) derived from Proto-Indo-European *drewh₂- (steady, firm).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*drewh₂-
Gloss
steady, firm
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Truebie English
- nontrue English
- semitrue English
- supertrue English
- troth English
- true English
- trueborn English
- trueful English
- trueism English
- truelove English
- truely English
- trueness English
- truesome English
- truetone English
- truing English
- truism English
- truly English
- truth English
- untrue English
- *drewh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *triwwiz Proto-Germanic
- getreowe Old English
- ortreowe Old English
- treowlice Old English
- treowþ Old English
- trēowe Old English
- trewe Middle English
- aindearbh Irish
- dearbh Irish
- dearbhaigh Irish
- dearfa Irish
- deirfiúirín Irish
- deirfiúr Irish
- derbṡiur Old Irish
- siur Old Irish
- dearbh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- jarroo Manx
- jarrooee Manx
- *triuwī gmw-pro
- *derwos Proto-Celtic
- tru Tok Pisin
- tru Sranan Tongo