Where does “fáel” come from?

fáel (Middle Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *wailos, from Proto-Indo-European waylos, from Proto-Indo-European wáy, from Proto-Indo-European uwáy — to see oneself.

fáel (Middle Irish): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “fáel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*wailospoor, wretched
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwayloswolf; howler
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
4Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself

Words derived from “fáel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wáy →Every word from Proto-Indo-European waylos →