Where does “uilemarbaid” come from?

uilemarbaid (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish uile, from Proto-Celtic olyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂olyos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂él- — to grow, nourish.

uilemarbaid (Old Irish): to kill utterly, kill all

Definitions

  1. to kill utterly, kill all

Ancestry of “uilemarbaid”, step by step

uilemarbaid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish uile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishuileall; whole; For quotations using this term, see...
2Proto-Celticolyosall
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂olyosall
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂él-to grow, nourish

via Old Irish marbaid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishmarbaidto kill, slay; to annul, cancel; to alienate,...
2Proto-Celticmarwātito die; to kill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland

Words derived from “uilemarbaid”

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