Where does “fet” come from?

fet (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *swizdā, from Proto-Celtic *swizdeti, from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- — to hiss.

fet (Old Irish): whistling, hissing, the sound of a sword cleaving...

Definitions

  1. whistling, hissing, the sound of a sword cleaving...

Ancestry of “fet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*swizdā—
2Proto-Celtic*swizdetito blow
3Proto-Indo-Europeansweysd-to hiss

Words derived from “fet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sweysd- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *swizdeti →Every word from Proto-Celtic *swizdā →