Where does “foirnéis” come from?

foirnéis (Irish) comes from Old French fornais, from Latin fornāx — a furnace, oven, kiln.

foirnéis (Irish): furnace

Definitions

  1. furnace

Ancestry of “foirnéis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchfornaisfurnace
2Latinfornāxa furnace, oven, kiln
Every word from Latin fornāx →Every word from Old French fornais →