Where does “cabhlach” come from?

cabhlach (Irish) comes from Irish cabhail — body.

cabhlach (Irish): fleet; navy; naval tax

Definitions

  1. fleet; navy; naval tax

Ancestry of “cabhlach”, step by step

cabhlach traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish cabhail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcabhailbody

via Old Irish coblach

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcoblachfleet
Every word from Irish cabhail