Where does “feal” come from?
feal (Galician) comes from Latin fēnum, from Latin faenum, from Proto-Indo-European dʰeh₁(y)- — to suckle, nurse.
feal (Galician): hayfield
Ancestry of “feal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | fēnum | — |
| 2 | Latin | faenum | hay; any dried plant; fenugreek |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁(y)- | to suckle, nurse |