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Where does “feis” come from?

feis (Irish) comes from Old Irish fess, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

feis (Irish): act of sleeping, of passing the night;...

Definitions

  1. act of sleeping, of passing the night;...

Ancestry of “feis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfesspassive singular perfect prototonic of...
2Proto-Celticwissosknown
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “feis”

  • feis
  • Ard-Fheis
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