yrichen

Guanche

Etymology

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

Noun

yrichen

1. (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).