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Where does “fabhal” come from?

fabhal (Irish) comes from Old Irish fáball, from Latin fābula, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

fabhal (Irish): fable

Definitions

  1. fable

Ancestry of “fabhal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfáballfable, fiction, romance
2Latinfābula—
3Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
4Proto-Italic-olos—
5Proto-Italic-elos—
6Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
7Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “fabhal”

  • fabhalscéalaí
  • fabhalscéalaíocht
  • fabhalscríbhneoireacht
  • fabhalscéal
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