yrichen

Guanche

Etymology

From Proto-Berber. See Central Atlas Tamazight ⵉⵔⴷⵏ (irdn, “wheat”), Kabyle irden (“wheat”).

Noun

yrichen

(Tenerife) wheat
- 1772, José de Viera y Clavijo, Noticias de la historia general de las Islas de Canaria, page 132:
  Yrichen. Trigo.
  Yrichen. Wheat.

See also

tamosen (“barley”)

References

Blench, Roger. "The peopling of the Canaries: new data and new hypotheses" (PDF).

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