Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “fuil” come from?

fuil (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic wolis, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

fuil (Old Irish): blood; a wound

Definitions

  1. blood; a wound

Ancestry of “fuil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticwolisblood
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “fuil”

  • fuilphlasma
  • fuilchoirpín
  • fuilí
  • fola
  • fuil
  • fuilchill
  • ardfhuil
  • fuil
  • falachd
  • fala
  • fuilech
  • fuilide
  • neufuillaght
  • fuill
  • neufollagh
  • neufollaght
  • fuil
  • fola
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