Inver-

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*en-do-
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*endo-ber-o“carrying in”
3. Old Irish · derived from*in(d)ber
4. Scottish Gaelic · derived frominbhir“river mouth, confluence”
5. English todayInver-

From Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“river mouth, confluence”), from Old Irish *in(d)ber, from Proto-Celtic *endo-ber-o (“carrying in”), from *endo (“in”), from Proto-Indo-European *en-do-, from *h₁én. Analogous to Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”), from Old Welsh oper, aper, from Proto-Brythonic.

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