Where does “peil” come from?

peil (Irish) comes from Proto-Brythonic *pel, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo-, from Proto-Indo-European peys- — to grind, to crush.

peil (Irish): football; Gaelic football

Definitions

  1. football; Gaelic football

Ancestry of “peil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonic*pel—
2Latinpilamortar; pillar; pier
3Latinpīlusa hair
4Latinpīluma pounder, pestle
5Proto-Italicpistlom—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpis-tlo-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeys-to grind, to crush

Words derived from “peil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peys- →
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