Where does “drischoill” come from?

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

drischoill (Irish): bramble brake

Definitions

  1. bramble brake

Ancestry of “drischoill”, step by step

drischoill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish coill

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

via Irish dris

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishdrisbramble, briar; cantankerous, prickly person
2Old Irishdrisbramble, briar, thorn-bush
3Proto-Celtic*dristisbriar, bramble, thornbush
Every word from Proto-Indo-European koselos →Every word from Proto-Celtic koslos →Every word from Old Irish coll →