> What are some of the accepted IE cognates of Arya and Ariia?
>
> Are Eire, Ehre and Aristos accepted? Any others?
Irish Eire is not cognate with arya - it comes from a Proto-Irish
*Iueriu (evidenced by its Welsh cognate Iwerddon, derived from the
genitive form of *Iueriu, *Iuerionas), ultimately from PIE *pi-wer-
"fat fertile".
- Chris Gwinn
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