Where does “Cloich na Coillte” come from?

Cloich na Coillte (Irish) comes from Irish coillte, from Irish coill, from Old Irish coillid, from Old Irish coll, from Proto-Celtic koslos, from Proto-Indo-European koselos — hazel.

Ancestry of “Cloich na Coillte”, step by step

Cloich na Coillte traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish coillte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcoillteplural of coill; woods
2Irishcoillwood, forest; vocative/genitive singular of coll
3Old Irishcoilliddamages, violates; destroys; destroys
4Old Irishcollhazel; destruction, injury, violation
5Proto-Celtickosloshazel
6Proto-Indo-Europeankoseloshazel

via Irish cloch

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishclochstone; rocky shore; rocky island
2Old Irishclochstone, rock; stone; precious stone, gem
3Proto-Celticklukāstone, rock

via Irish ná

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishnádon’t; may...not; Alternative form of nach
2Old Irishnádon’t, let…not

Words derived from “Cloich na Coillte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European koselos →Every word from Proto-Celtic koslos →Every word from Old Irish coll →