Where does “fás” come from?
fás (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic wāstos, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
fás (Old Irish): empty, void, vacant, deserted, uninhabited,...
Definitions
- empty, void, vacant, deserted, uninhabited,...
Ancestry of “fás”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Proto-Celtic | wāstos | empty |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |