il

Irish (Donegal)

adj

Definitions

(literary) many

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish il (much, many) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁-, *pelh₁-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pelh₁-

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

*pelh₁- Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₁-, *pelh₁u- Proto-Indo-European
*pl̥h₁ús Proto-Indo-European
*polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
*felu Proto-Germanic
il- Irish
fjǫld Old Norse
fjǫldi Old Norse
fjǫlgr Old Norse
il Old Irish
ilar Old Irish
ildae Old Irish
*pele- Proto-Uralic

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