Where does “fuil” come from?

fuil (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic wolis, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

fuil (Middle Irish): blood; a wound

Definitions

  1. blood; a wound

Ancestry of “fuil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfuilblood; a wound
2Proto-Celticwolisblood
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “fuil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →Every word from Proto-Celtic wolis →Every word from Old Irish fuil →