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

  1. empty, void, vacant, deserted, uninhabited,...

Ancestry of “fás”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticwāstosempty
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁weh₂-to leave, abandon, give out

Words derived from “fás”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic wāstos →