English
fleadh
Fleadh comes from Old Irish fled ‘banquet, feast’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- ‘to wish, desire, want’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₁-‘to wish, desire, want’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wl̥deh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*wlidā‘banquet, feast’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900fled‘banquet, feast’
- Irishc. 1200–presentfleadh
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₁-‘to wish, desire, want’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wl̥deh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*wlidā‘banquet, feast’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900fled‘banquet, feast’
- Irishc. 1200–presentfleadh
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- ‘to wish, desire, want’
will, well, volunteer, benevolent, volition, malevolent, voluptuous, wale, malevolence, 10 more
Today it means
noun An Irish music festival with competitions for the best performance on various instruments.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- / fleadh