Where does “gile” come from?

gile (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish gile, from Old Irish -e, from Old Irish lán, from Proto-Celtic ɸlānos, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- — to fill.

gile (Scottish Gaelic): whiteness; fairness; clearness

Definitions

  1. whiteness; fairness; clearness

Ancestry of “gile”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgilewhiteness, brightness; genitive singular feminine...
2Old Irish-eForms concrete or abstract nouns from adjectives
3Old Irishlánfull
4Proto-Celticɸlānosfull
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₁nósfull
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₁nós →Every word from Old Irish -e →