Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸodīl-

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

Schrijver decomposes this as *uɸo- (“under”) + *dīl-, while Lucht prefers to relate this and Middle Irish feidil to Ancient Greek ἆθλος (âthlos).

Noun

*uɸodīl- m

1. (Insular Celtic) remainder, remnant

Reconstruction notes

• This term has a confusing formal history.
  • The delenited -ll- in Welsh can be either from an -n- or a *-y- after the -l-.
  • Old Irish fuidel has at times been believed to be borrowed from Brittonic; Schrijver does not seem to follow this, though.

Descendants

• Proto-Brythonic: *gwöðill
  • Middle Welsh: gweðill
    • Welsh: gweddill
• Old Irish: fuidel, ⇒ fo·díla
  • Middle Irish: fuidel, fuidell
    • Irish: fuíoll
    • Scottish Gaelic: fuigheall
    • ⇒ Manx: fooillaght