reód

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish réud, from Proto-Celtic *ɸreswos, from Proto-Indo-European *prews-. Cognate with English freeze and Latin pruina (“hoar-frost”).

Noun

reód m

frost

Descendants

Irish: reo
Manx: rio
Scottish Gaelic: reòth

References

“reód” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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