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”).

Pronunciation

• (earlier) IPA^(key): /r͈ʲeːo̯ð/
• (later) IPA^(key): /r͈ʲe̯oːð/

Noun

reód m (genitive reóid)

1. frost

Descendants

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “reód”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language