Where does “fo-lagh” come from?

fo-lagh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic lagh, from English Law, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

fo-lagh (Scottish Gaelic): bylaw

Definitions

  1. bylaw

Ancestry of “fo-lagh”, step by step

fo-lagh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic lagh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliclaghlaw
2EnglishLawperhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound
3EnglishspeakerOne who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Scottish Gaelic fo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicfounder, below, beneath; under the influence of
2Old Irishfounder, beneath; towards; through, throughout
3Proto-Celticuɸounder, below
4Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from English -ineEvery word from French -ine