Where does “lus na gile” come from?

lus na gile (Irish) comes from Irish gile, from Old Irish gile, from Old Irish -e, from Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

lus na gile (Irish): sweet william

Definitions

  1. sweet william

Ancestry of “lus na gile”, step by step

lus na gile traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish gile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishgilewhiteness, brightness; fairness; purity;...
2Old Irishgilewhiteness, brightness; genitive singular feminine...
3Old Irish-eForms concrete or abstract nouns from adjectives
4Old Irishlánfull
5Proto-Celticɸlānosfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

via Irish lus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishlusplant, herb
2Old Irishlusplant, herb, vegetable; leek
3Proto-Celticlussusmedicinal herb, vegetable
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewbʰ-to desire, covet, want; to admire, praise; to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlēw-to sound, resound, sing out; to leave

via Irish ná

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishnádon’t; may...not; Alternative form of nach
2Old Irishnádon’t, let…not
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Old Irish -e →