ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚒ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *trexsnos (“strong”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtreːnu/

Proper noun

ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚒ (trenu) m

  1. a male given name meaning “strong”

Derived terms

  • ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚐᚂᚒᚌᚌᚑ (trenaluggo)
  • ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚐᚉᚉᚐᚈᚂᚑ (trenaccatlo)
  • ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚐᚌᚒᚄᚒ (trenagusu)
  • ᚈᚏᚓᚅᚔᚂᚒ (trenilu)
  • ᚋᚐᚊᚔᚈᚏᚓᚅᚔ (maqitreni)

Descendants

  • Old Irish: trén
    • Irish: tréan
    • Manx: trean
    • Scottish Gaelic: treun

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*trexs(n)o-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 389

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