Where does “fraoch” come from?

fraoch (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish fráech, from Old Irish fróech, from Proto-Celtic wroikos — heather.

fraoch (Scottish Gaelic): heath, heather, ling; bristles; anger, fury

Definitions

  1. heath, heather, ling; bristles; anger, fury

Ancestry of “fraoch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishfráechrage, fury, fierceness
2Old Irishfróechheather, Calluna vulgaris
3Proto-Celticwroikosheather
Every word from Proto-Celtic wroikos →Every word from Old Irish fróech →Every word from Middle Irish fráech →