English
Foula
Foula comes from Old Norse Fuglaey.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Fuglaey
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Foula
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Fuglaey
- Englishearliest quotation 2025Foula
Earliest quotation: 2025, Vitali Vitaliev, Time travelling: “That brings back memories of my visit to the…”
Formed from fugl ‘bird’ + ey ‘island’
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm ‘egg’
Proto-Germanic *ajją ‘egg’
Proto-West Germanic *aij ‘egg’
Old English ǣġ ‘egg’
Middle English ei
English ey
Every English word from Old Norse Fuglaey
Today it means
name A remote island west of Mainland, Shetland Islands council area, Scotland (OS grid ref HT9639).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Fuglaey / Foula