Where does “Doal” come from?

Doal (Saterland Frisian) comes from Old Irish dall, from Primitive Irish ᚇᚐᚂᚔ, from Proto-Celtic dallos — blind.

Doal (Saterland Frisian): valley; dale

Definitions

  1. valley; dale

Ancestry of “Doal”, step by step

Doal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish dall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdallblind
2Primitive Irishᚇᚐᚂᚔblind man
3Proto-Celticdallosblind

via Old Frisian dal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frisiandal—
2Proto-Germanicdaląvalley, dale
3Proto-Indo-Europeandʰel-an arch, vaulting, curve, curvature, cavity;...

Words derived from “Doal”

Every word from Proto-Celtic dallos →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚇᚐᚂᚔ →Every word from Old Irish dall →