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Where does “falachd” come from?

falachd (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic fuil, from Middle Irish fuil, from Old Irish fuil, from Proto-Celtic wolis, from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- — to hit, to strike.

falachd (Scottish Gaelic): blood feud, feud

Definitions

  1. blood feud, feud

Ancestry of “falachd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicfuilblood; family, tribe, kindred; bloodshed
2Middle Irishfuilblood; a wound
3Old Irishfuilblood; a wound
4Proto-Celticwolisblood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike
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