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Help[Facts] Re: What does Fiadh actually mean?
in reply to a message by Perrine
From https://dil.ie/21886
"acc. to Pedersen Vgl. Gr., i 112 a derivative of fid `wood,' orig. an adj. = ` wild ,' cf. W. gwydd `wild' and Lat. silvaticus < silva, a sense preserved in compds., but early applied to wild animals in particular, and used as subst."
The deer meaning could be included in the entry on BTN.
"acc. to Pedersen Vgl. Gr., i 112 a derivative of fid `wood,' orig. an adj. = ` wild ,' cf. W. gwydd `wild' and Lat. silvaticus < silva, a sense preserved in compds., but early applied to wild animals in particular, and used as subst."
The deer meaning could be included in the entry on BTN.
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