Where does “toill” come from?

toill (Manx) comes from Middle Irish tuillid, from Old Irish ·tuilli, from Old Irish do·slí.

toill (Manx): deserve; will, inclination

Definitions

  1. deserve; will, inclination

Ancestry of “toill”, step by step

toill traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle Irish tuillid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishtuillid—
2Old Irish·tuilli—
3Old Irishdo·slí—

via Old Irish tol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtolwill; desire

Words derived from “toill”

Every word from Old Irish do·slí →Every word from Old Irish ·tuilli →Every word from Middle Irish tuillid →