Where does “coill” come from?

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

coill (Irish): wood, forest; vocative/genitive singular of coll

Definitions

  1. wood, forest; vocative/genitive singular of coll

Ancestry of “coill”, step by step

coill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish coillid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcoilliddamages, violates; destroys; destroys
2Old Irishcollhazel; destruction, injury, violation
3Proto-Celtickosloshazel
4Proto-Indo-Europeankoseloshazel

via Old Irish caill

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcaillforest, wood, woodland
2Proto-Celtickallīgrove, forest
3Proto-Indo-Europeankelh₂-to beat; to break

Words derived from “coill”

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