Where does “feramail” come from?

feramail (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish fér, from Primitive Irish ᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄ, from Proto-Celtic wiros, from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

feramail (Old Irish): manly

Definitions

  1. manly

Ancestry of “feramail”, step by step

feramail traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish fér

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishférgrass
2Primitive Irishᚃᚔᚏᚐᚄman
3Proto-Celticwirosman; husband
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanwiHrósman; husband; warrior, hero
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Old Irish amail

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishamailAlternative form of amal; like, as
2Old Irishsamailverbal noun of samlaidir; likeness, similarity;...
3Proto-Celticsamalissimilitude, description
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “feramail”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wiHrós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wiros →