Where does “cuidheall” come from?

cuidheall (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scots quhel, from Middle English whele, from Old English hwele — sore; boil; pimple.

cuidheall (Scottish Gaelic): wheel; coil; spinning wheel

Definitions

  1. wheel; coil; spinning wheel

Ancestry of “cuidheall”, step by step

cuidheall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scots quhel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsquhelwheel
2Middle EnglishwheleA wheel; A device that utilises a wheel to...
3Old Englishhwelesore; boil; pimple

via Scots quheil

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scotsquheilwheel
Every word from Old English hwele →Every word from Middle English whele →Every word from Scots quhel →