Where does “feis” come from?

feis (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish fess, from Proto-Celtic wissos, from Proto-Indo-European widtós, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

feis (Scottish Gaelic): sex, intercourse

Definitions

  1. sex, intercourse

Ancestry of “feis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishfesspassive singular perfect prototonic of...
2Proto-Celticwissosknown
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwidtósseen; known
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European widtós →Every word from Proto-Celtic wissos →