Where does “foula” come from?

foula (Galician) comes from Latin favilla, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

foula (Galician): milldust; splash of sea foam; dandruff

Definitions

  1. milldust; splash of sea foam; dandruff

Ancestry of “foula”, step by step

foula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin favilla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfavillaember, cinder, ash
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Latin faluppa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinfaluppachaff

Words derived from “foula”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Latin favilla →