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

1. frost

Descendants

• Irish: reo
• Manx: rio
• Scottish Gaelic: reòth

References

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “reód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language