"Inver-" meaning in English

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Prefix

Etymology: 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. Analagous to Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”), from Old Welsh oper, aper, from Proto-Brythonic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|gd|inbhir||river mouth, confluence}} Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“river mouth, confluence”), {{der|en|sga|*in(d)ber}} Old Irish *in(d)ber, {{der|en|cel-pro|*endo-ber-o||carrying in}} Proto-Celtic *endo-ber-o (“carrying in”), {{m|cel-pro|*endo||in}} *endo (“in”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*en-do-|}} Proto-Indo-European *en-do-, {{m|ine-pro|*h₁én}} *h₁én, {{cog|cy|aber||river mouth, confluence}} Welsh aber (“river mouth, confluence”), {{cog|owl|oper}} Old Welsh oper, {{m|owl|aper}} aper, {{cog|cel-bry-pro|-}} Proto-Brythonic Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} Inver-, {{en-prefix}} Inver-
  1. mouth of a river; confluence Tags: morpheme Derived forms: Inveraray, Invercargill, Inverclyde, Inveresk, Invergordon, Inverloch, Inverness, Inverkeithing
    Sense id: en-Inver--en-prefix-e6Vc9kF2

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