féile
Old Irish
noun
Definitions
- modesty, generosity
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Celtic *wēliyā (modesty) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wey- (turn, bend, wind, rotate turn, move, plait, twist, be strong, go ahead, weave) affix from Old Irish fíal.
Origin
Old Irish
fíal
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- vagus English
- Venerivagus Latin
- arenivagus Latin
- circumvagus Latin
- fluctivagus Latin
- harenivagus Latin
- ignivagus Latin
- ludivagus Latin
- lustrivagus Latin
- montivagus Latin
- multivagus Latin
- mundivagus Latin
- nemorivagus Latin
- noctivagus Latin
- nubivagus Latin
- paludivagus Latin
- pervagus Latin
- pontivagus Latin
- remivagus Latin
- solivagus Latin
- undivagus Latin
- vagor Latin
- vagus Latin
- vulgivagus Latin
- gaio Italian
- vago Italian
- vague French
- *wey- Proto-Indo-European
- *weyt- Proto-Indo-European
- vag Norwegian Bokmål
- noctívago Portuguese
- vago Portuguese
- *wigulą Proto-Germanic
- *wīlą Proto-Germanic
- vag Norwegian Nynorsk
- watel Old English
- fial Irish
- gai Old French
- vague Catalan, Valencian
- fíal Old Irish
- vague Middle French
- *wēliyā Proto-Celtic
- *wēlos Proto-Celtic
- *wagos Proto-Italic
- *gāhi Frankish
- *wāhi Frankish
- gai Old Occitan
- *wei- Proto-Balto-Slavic