Where does “coillte” come from?

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

coillte (Irish): plural of coill; woods

Definitions

  1. plural of coill; woods

Ancestry of “coillte”, step by step

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

Words derived from “coillte”

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