Where does “Finnguala” come from?

Finnguala (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish finn, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “Finnguala”, step by step

Finnguala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish finn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfinnwhite; bright; blessed
2Proto-Celticwindoswhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

via Old Irish guala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgualashoulder

Words derived from “Finnguala”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European windo- →Every word from Proto-Celtic windos →