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Where does “fáelchú” come from?

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

fáelchú (Middle Irish): wolf

Definitions

  1. wolf

Ancestry of “fáelchú”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishfáelwolf
2Proto-Celtic*wailos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwayloswolf; howler
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwáyoh!; ah!; woe!
5Proto-Indo-Europeanuwáyto see oneself
Every word from Proto-Indo-European uwáy →