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Where does “rúad” come from?

rúad (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic roudos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rewdʰ- — red.

rúad (Old Irish): red, reddish

Definitions

  1. red, reddish

Ancestry of “rúad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticroudosred
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red

Words derived from “rúad”

  • Rogen
  • ruán
  • donnrua
  • ceannrua
  • rua
  • ruadh
  • seillean-ruadh
  • Ruaghagain
  • leth-ruadh
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