fail
Irish (Donegal)
/fˠalʲ/
noun
Definitions
- ring
- bracelet
- wreath
- sty
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish foil (sty) inherited from Proto-Celtic *wali- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*wel-
Gloss
turn, wind, see, roll, twist, round, turn around, press together, death in battle, killed in battle, wool, grass, bend, best, good, revolve, hair, ear, forest
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
森
Emoji
🙃
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- helix Latin
- involvere Latin
- lorum Latin
- vallis Latin
- vallum Latin
- volūtus Latin
- vultus Latin
- héli- French
- hélice French
- hélicoptère French
- εἰλεός Ancient Greek
- εὔληρα Ancient Greek
- οὐλαμός Ancient Greek
- ἕλιξ Ancient Greek
- *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *welH- Proto-Indo-European
- *welh₁-, *wel- Proto-Indo-European
- *walt- Proto-Germanic
- *waltaz Proto-Germanic
- *waltijaną Proto-Germanic
- *waluz Proto-Germanic
- *walô Proto-Germanic
- *welk- Proto-Germanic
- *welukaz Proto-Germanic
- *wilþijaz Proto-Germanic
- *wlaitōną Proto-Germanic
- *wlitiz Proto-Germanic
- *wulþuz Proto-Germanic
- գեղ Old Armenian
- fil Old Irish
- foil Old Irish
- fál Old Irish
- muccfoil Old Irish
- *wali- Proto-Celtic
- *wel-n- Proto-Celtic
- *weleti Proto-Celtic
- *wal- Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *walhlaup Frankish
- *wárṇas Proto-Indo-Aryan
- *ambi-wēla Proto-Albanian
- *wala Proto-Albanian
- *walwā Proto-Albanian