Where does “feilan” come from?

feilan (Icelandic) comes from Old Norse feilan, from Middle Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European waylos, from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

feilan (Icelandic): wolfling; little wolf

Definitions

  1. wolfling; little wolf

Ancestry of “feilan”, step by step

feilan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Norse feilan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsefeilanwolfling; little wolf
2Middle Irishfáelwolf
3Proto-Celtic*wailospoor, wretched
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwayloswolf; howler
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
6Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

via Old Irish Fáelán

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishFáelán—
2Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
4Proto-Celtic*-agnos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European waylos →