Where does “frêne” come from?
frêne (Norman) comes from Old French fraisne, from Latin fraxinus, from Proto-Italic fraksinos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, from Proto-Indo-European bʰerHǵos — birch.
frêne (Norman): ash tree
Ancestry of “frêne”, step by step