English Wiktionary account
Source-reportedPossibly meaning “battle king”, from Primitive Irish ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq), from Proto-Celtic *Weikorīxs (whence also Latin Vēcorīx, rendering a Gaulish name), from the roots of fichid (“to fight”) + rí (“king”).
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- Wiktionary: FíachraiCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

