Etymology

Fráech

Today it means: The Connacht hero in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology who wooed Findabair and Treblann, but was drowned in a river in a duel with Cúchulainn. Full definition →

Middle Irish Fráech ← Old Irish Fróech ← Proto-Celtic *wroikos
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*wroikos
  2. Old Irish · derived fromFróech
  3. Middle Irish · borrowed fromFráech
  4. English todayFráech

From Middle Irish Fráech, from Old Irish Fróech, from fróech (“heather”), from Proto-Celtic *wroikos.

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