fré
Irish (Donegal)
/fˠɾˠeː/
prep
Definitions
- with, along with
- towards
- against
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish fri (towards) inherited from Proto-Celtic *writ-, *writ(u) derived from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out), *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wert-
Gloss
turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
風
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- invert English
- perverse English
- revert English
- vertebra English
- adversus Latin
- advertentia Latin
- advertō Latin
- convertere Latin
- converto Latin
- deverto Latin
- di- Latin
- diverto Latin
- dīversus Latin
- dīvertere Latin
- everto Latin
- interverto Latin
- intrōvertere, introvertere Latin
- inverto Latin
- obverto Latin
- oportet Latin
- perverto Latin
- pervertō Latin
- reversus Latin
- revertor Latin
- rideo Latin
- ruscum Latin
- subverto Latin
- subvertō Latin
- transvertere Latin
- transverto Latin
- versicolor Latin
- versicolōrem Latin
- versiformis Latin
- versus Latin
- vertebra Latin
- vertex Latin
- vertigo Latin
- vertīgō Latin
- vertō Latin
- vortex Latin
- āvertere Latin
- ēvertere Latin
- -waarts Dutch, Flemish
- waarde Dutch, Flemish
- *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *ure- Proto-Indo-European
- *we-wórt-e, *wewórte Proto-Indo-European
- *wer- Proto-Indo-European
- *wert- Proto-Indo-European
- *wertmen Proto-Indo-European
- *wért-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *wértti Proto-Indo-European
- *wardaz Proto-Germanic
- *werþaną Proto-Germanic
- *werþaz Proto-Germanic
- *wirþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *wurdiz Proto-Germanic
- *wurstiz Proto-Germanic
- -weardes Old English
- आवर्त Sanskrit
- परिवर्तन Sanskrit
- प्रवर्तक Sanskrit
- वृत् Sanskrit
- le Irish
- Verðandi Old Norse
- *verteno Proto-Slavic
- *vorta Proto-Slavic
- *vortiti Proto-Slavic
- *vortъ Proto-Slavic
- *vȇrstъ Proto-Slavic
- *vьrsta Proto-Slavic
- *vьrtěti Proto-Slavic
- vers Old French
- virst Latvian
- fri Old Irish
- la Old Irish
- frith Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ri Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- rish Manx
- 𐌲𐌰𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌸𐌹 Gothic
- *writ- Proto-Celtic
- *writ-, *writ(u) Proto-Celtic
- *wart- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wártatay Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *wre Proto-Italic
- fri Middle Irish
- ri Middle Irish
- *writja Proto-Albanian
- *wirt- Proto-Balto-Slavic
- *wart- Proto-Iranian
- *uranka Gaulish
- *weréykā Proto-Hellenic