Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “fíad” come from?

fíad (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic wēdūi, from Indo-European *weyd-.

fíad (Old Irish): game, wild animals; deer; wasteland, wilderness

Definitions

  1. game, wild animals; deer; wasteland, wilderness

Ancestry of “fíad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticwēdūi—
2Indo-European*weyd-—

Words derived from “fíad”

  • Fianna Fáil
  • fianna
  • Fianna Fáil
  • fia
  • fiafheoil
  • fiadh
  • fíadach
  • feeaih
Every word from Indo-European *weyd- →