Where does “fuil” come from?

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

fuil (Scottish Gaelic): blood; family, tribe, kindred; bloodshed

Definitions

  1. blood; family, tribe, kindred; bloodshed

Ancestry of “fuil”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishfuilblood; a wound
2Old Irishfuilblood; a wound
3Proto-Celticwolisblood
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwelh₃-to hit, to strike

Words derived from “fuil”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European welh₃- →Every word from Proto-Celtic wolis →Every word from Old Irish fuil →
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