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Where does “fúaigel” come from?
fúaigel (Middle Irish) comes from Middle Irish úaigid, from Proto-Celtic *ɸougīti — to sew, stitch.
Ancestry of “fúaigel”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Middle Irish
úaigid
stitches together, sews; unites, joins; binds; to...
2
Proto-Celtic
*ɸougīti
to sew, stitch
Words derived from “fúaigel”
fuail
fuaill
whaal
aawhaal
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