céile
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈceːlʲə/
noun
Definitions
- companion
- spouse
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish céile (companion, fellow, wife, bondsman, subject, vassal, servant, liege, husband) inherited from Primitive Irish ᚉᚓᚂᚔ (devotee, follower) inherited from Proto-Celtic *kēlyos.
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*kēlyos
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aonchéileach Irish
- aonchéileachas Irish
- coigéile Irish
- coigéilsine Irish
- céilí Irish
- déchéileachas Irish
- Ó Céileachair Irish
- -ach Old Irish
- coicéile Old Irish
- coicéilsine Old Irish
- céile Old Irish
- céilsine Old Irish
- célide Old Irish
- cèile Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *kēlyos Proto-Celtic
- ᚉᚓᚂᚔ Primitive Irish