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Where does “buaile” come from?

buaile (Irish) comes from Old Irish bó, from Proto-Celtic bāus, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

buaile (Irish): cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows

Definitions

  1. cattle enclosure, summer pasturage for cows

Ancestry of “buaile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbóox, cow
2Proto-Celticbāuscow
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

Words derived from “buaile”

  • booly
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