avourneen

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)mer-“to care for”
2. Proto-Celtic · derived from*mori
3. Middle Irish · derived frommúirn
4. Irish · derived froma mhuirnín“my darling”
5. English todayavourneen

From Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”), from Middle Irish múirn, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to care for”), see also Latin memoria, Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “care”).

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