Where does “doillee” come from?

doillee (Manx) comes from Middle Irish doilig, from Old Irish do-, from Proto-Celtic dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dus-, from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- — to fail, be behind, be lacking.

doillee (Manx): difficult; stiff, hard; ticklish

Definitions

  1. difficult; stiff, hard; ticklish

Ancestry of “doillee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishdoilig—
2Old Irishdo-impossible, extremely difficult; ill, evil;...
3Proto-Celticdus-bad
4Proto-Indo-Europeandus-bad
5Proto-Indo-Europeandēwǝ-to fail, be behind, be lacking

Words derived from “doillee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dēwǝ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dus- →Every word from Old Irish do- →