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Where does “raineach” come from?

raineach (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish raithnech, from Proto-Celtic ɸratinākā, from Proto-Celtic ɸratis, from Proto-Indo-European p(t)erH- — fern.

raineach (Scottish Gaelic): fern, bracken

Definitions

  1. fern, bracken

Ancestry of “raineach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishraithnechfern, bracken
2Proto-Celticɸratinākā—
3Proto-Celticɸratisfern
4Proto-Indo-Europeanp(t)erH-fern
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