Where does “féith” come from?

féith (Irish) comes from Old Irish féith, from Maori wētā, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

féith (Irish): sinew; muscle; vein; soft seam in bogland, swampy...

Definitions

  1. sinew; muscle; vein; soft seam in bogland, swampy...

Ancestry of “féith”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishféithfibre
2Maoriwētāweta
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

Words derived from “féith”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Maori wētā →Every word from Old Irish féith →