Where does “fiadh” come from?

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

fiadh (Irish): respect, esteem; Obsolete spelling of fia

Definitions

  1. respect, esteem; Obsolete spelling of fia

Ancestry of “fiadh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishfiadeer; wild; waste, wilderness
2Old Irishfíadgame, wild animals; deer; wasteland, wilderness
3Proto-Celticwēdūi—
4Indo-European*weyd-—
Every word from Indo-European *weyd- →