Where does “ifrinn” come from?

ifrinn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish ifernn, from Proto-Brythonic *ifern, from Vulgar Latin *īferna, from Latin inferna, from Latin īnfernus — of the lower regions.

ifrinn (Scottish Gaelic): hell

Definitions

  1. hell

Ancestry of “ifrinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishifernnhell
2Proto-Brythonic*ifern—
3Vulgar Latin*īferna—
4Latininfernathe lower parts of the body, the abdomen;...
5Latinīnfernusof the lower regions

Words derived from “ifrinn”

Every word from Latin īnfernus →Every word from Latin inferna →Every word from Vulgar Latin *īferna →