Where does “faighean” come from?

faighean (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish faigen, from Latin vāgīna, from Proto-Italic wāgīnā, from Proto-Indo-European wāg- — to be bent.

faighean (Scottish Gaelic): vagina; sheath

Definitions

  1. vagina; sheath

Ancestry of “faighean”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfaigensheath, scabbard
2Latinvāgīnasheath; scabbard
3Proto-Italicwāgīnāsheath, scabbard
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwāg-to be bent
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wāg- →Every word from Proto-Italic wāgīnā →Every word from Latin vāgīna →
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