buille

Gaelic (Scots)

noun

Definitions

hit, blow, stroke
stress, emphasis, importance
(speech) stress, beat

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Irish buille inherited from Old Irish builne (strike, blow) inherited from Proto-Celtic *bus-liâ inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd- (beat, push, hit, strike, hew).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰewd-

Gloss

beat, push, hit, strike, hew

Concept

Semantic Field

Quantity

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Bituriges Latin
fustis Latin
*bʰewd- Proto-Indo-European
*gʷʰen- Proto-Indo-European
*bautaną Proto-Germanic
*butą Proto-Germanic
Bytom Polish
buille Irish
builne Old Irish
*bus-liâ Proto-Celtic
belsti Lithuanian
buille Middle Irish