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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
finiche, jet (m`D., M'A.), finichd, black as jet (M'E.):
finid, end; from Lat. finit, the colophon of so may tales when written.
finideach, wise, so Ir. (Lh., Sh., H.S.D., which gives C. S. as authority):
finne, a maiden (Arm., M'A., M'E.): "fairness, beauty"; from fionn (*vindiâ).
finnean, a buzzard.
†fìoch, wrath, Ir. fíoch, E. Ir. fích, feud, I. E. *veiqo-, fight; Got. veihan, strive, O. H. G. wîgan, fight; Lat. vinco. Hence fiochdha, angry.
fiodh, wood, so Ir., O. Ir. fid, W. guid, gwydd, gwydden (sing.), Corn. guiden, Br. gwezenn, tree, gwez, trees, Gaul. vidu- *vidu-; Eng. wood, Ag. S. wudu, O. H. G. witu. Hence †fiodhcheall, chess play, E. Ir. fidchell, W. gwyddbwyll, "wood-sense", from fiodh and ciall. Also fiodhag, wild fig, fiodhan, cheese-vat.
fiodhradh, an impetuous rush forward (Heb.):
fodhull, a fiddle, E. Ir. fidil, from Low Lat. vitula, whence Fr. viola, Eng. viol, violin. Cf. Eng. fiddle, from Med.Lat. fidula, Lat. fidis.
fioghuir, a figure, Ir. fíoghair, M. Ir. figur; from Lat. figura.
fiolagan, a field-mouse (Arran.):
fiolan, fiolar, an earwig, nesscock, W. chwil, beetle, chwiler, maggot, Br. c'houil; Gr. σίλφη, cockroach, Eng. sylph. Cf. feallan.
fiomhalach, a giant (Sh.); from fiamh.
fìon, wine, Ir. fíon, O. Ir. fín, W., Cor., Br. gwin; from Lat. vinum.
fìonag, a mite, insect, a miser, Ir. fineóg, a mite in cheese, etc.:
fionn, white, Ir. fionn, O. Ir. find, W. gwyn, Corn. guyn, Br. gwenn, Gaul. vindo-, *vindo-, a nasalised form of root vid, veid, see, as in fios. Cf. Servian vidný, clear.
fionn-, to, against, Ir. fionn-, ionn-, O. Ir. ind-; see ionn-.
fionna, fionnadh, hair, pile, Ir. fionnadh, E. Ir. finda, findfad, O. Ir. finnae, pilorum, *ves-niâ, root ves, clothe, Lat. vestis, Eng. vestment. Stokes has compared it to Lat. villus, hair, which he takes from *vin-lus, but which is usually referred to the root vel of vellus, lana, etc. The -fad of E. Ir. is for *vida, aspect, W. gwedd, root vid, see.
fionnachd, refreshment: "coolness", *ionn-fhuachd: cf. fionnar.
fionnan-feòir, grasshopper, Ir. finnín feoir (O'R.):
fionnairidh, a watching: *ind-faire; see fionn-, to, and faire.
fionnar, cool, Ir. fionnfhuar, M. Ir. indfhuar; from fionn-, and fuar.
fionnas-gàrraidh, parsley (M'L.):
