odhar

odhar
dun, so Irish, Early Irish odar: *odro-s, for *odh-ro-, shady, Latin umbra (= *o-n-dhra), âter, dark, Umbrian adro, atra. Bez. suggests, with query, *jodras, allied to Lithuanian ju$$odas, dark. Thurneysen has referred *odro-s to Indo-European udro-, otter, hydra, watery, the idea being "otter-like" or "water-like" (Greek $$Gu$$`/dwr, English water).

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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