Where does “aolchlais” come from?

aolchlais (Irish) comes from Irish aol, from Old Irish áel — lime, chalk.

aolchlais (Irish): lime-pit

Definitions

  1. lime-pit

Ancestry of “aolchlais”, step by step

aolchlais traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish aol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishaollime; whitewash; lime, whitewash
2Old Irisháellime, chalk

via Irish clais

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishclaisgroove, rut; furrow; ditch, trench
2Middle Irishclas—
Every word from Old Irish áel →Every word from Irish aol →