Where does “bowley” come from?

bowley (Yola) comes from Irish buail, from Irish -aí, from Old Irish -ide, from Old Irish -de — Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...

bowley (Yola): A game played with a hoop

Definitions

  1. A game played with a hoop

Ancestry of “bowley”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishbuailstrike, hit, beat; defeat, beat; strike out, make...
2Irish-aíEnding of the plural of certain nouns; Agent...
3Old Irish-ide
4Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
Every word from Old Irish -deEvery word from Irish -aíEvery word from Old Irish -ide