Where does “fuil” come from?

fuil (Irish) comes from Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic wolis, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

fuil (Irish): blood; present indicative dependent analytic of...

Definitions

  1. blood; present indicative dependent analytic of...

Ancestry of “fuil”, step by step

fuil traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Irish fuil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishfuilblood; a wound
2Old Irishfuilblood; a wound
3Proto-Celticwolisblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

via Old Irish fil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfilpresent progressive conjunct of at·tá;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwēl-to see, perceive

Words derived from “fuil

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃-Every word from Proto-Celtic wolisEvery word from Old Irish fuil