Etymology Explorer › Scottish Gaelic

Where does “trèig” come from?

trèig (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish tréicid — abandons, forsakes, leaves, foregoes.

trèig (Scottish Gaelic): abandon, forsake, desert

Definitions

  1. abandon, forsake, desert

Ancestry of “trèig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtréicidabandons, forsakes, leaves, foregoes
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