Etymology Explorer › Irish

Where does “fia” come from?

fia (Irish) comes from Old Irish fíad, from Proto-Celtic wēdūi, from Indo-European *weyd-.

fia (Irish): deer; wild; waste, wilderness

Definitions

  1. deer; wild; waste, wilderness

Ancestry of “fia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfíadgame, wild animals; deer; wasteland, wilderness
2Proto-Celticwēdūi—
3Indo-European*weyd-—

Words derived from “fia”

  • Fianna Fáil
  • Fianna Fáil
  • fiafheoil
  • fianna
Every word from Indo-European *weyd- →