- foirionn
- foireann, foirionna band, crew, Irish fuirionn, Early Irish fairenn, Old Irish foirinn, Old Welsh querin, Welsh gwerin, people, Middle Breton gueryn, *vorênâ, *vorinni-, multitude, root ver, enclose; Anglo-Saxon vorn, multitude, caterva; Lithuanian worà, long row in Indian file; Sanskrit vra$$-/, troop, company. See fearann.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.