Where does “feith” come from?

feith (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish féith, from Maori wētā, from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- — to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute.

feith (Scottish Gaelic): wait; stay, remain

Definitions

  1. wait; stay, remain

Ancestry of “feith”, step by step

feith traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish féith

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishféithfibre
2Maoriwētāweta
3Proto-Indo-Europeanweyh₁-to chase, pursue; to suppress, persecute

via Middle Irish fethid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishfethid—
2Proto-Celtic*weteti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwēt-year
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyh₁- →Every word from Maori wētā →Every word from Old Irish féith →