Where does “failc” come from?

failc (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish folcaid, from Proto-Celtic *wolkīti, from Proto-Indo-European welg- — wet, damp.

failc (Scottish Gaelic): bathe

Definitions

  1. bathe

Ancestry of “failc”, step by step

failc traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish folcaid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfolcaidwashes
2Proto-Celtic*wolkītito wash
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwelg-wet, damp

via Middle Irish failc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishfailc—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European welg- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *wolkīti →Every word from Old Irish folcaid →