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ETYMOLOGICAL DICTIONARY
Norse eið, an isthmus, neck of land. Hence Eye or Ui near Stornoway, older Ey, Huy, Eie.
uidh, uidhe, a journey, distance, Ir. uidhe, E. Ir. ude, O. Ir. huide, profectio: *odio-n, root pod, ped, go; Lat. pes, pedis, foot; Gr. ποúς, ποδός, foot; Eng. foot; Skr. padyâ, footstep.
uidheam, accoutrements, apparatus, Ir. ughaim, harness, trappings, O. Ir. aidmi, armamenta, W. iau, jugum, O.Cor. iou, Br. geo, ieo, *yougo-, yoke; Eng. yoke, Ger. joch; Gr. ζυγόν; Lat. jugum; Lit. jungas. The Gadelic requires a form *ad-jung-mi. Cf. O. Ir. adim, instrumentum, pl.n. admi.
ùig, a nook, cove; from Norse vík, bay, creek, Eng. wick, -wich. Hence the place name Uig (Skye, Lewis). Hence ùigean, a fugitive, wanderer.
uigheil, pleasant, careful; from aoigh in the first meaning and from ùidh in the second.
uile, all, the whole, Ir. uile, O. Ir. uile, huile: *polio-s, root pol, pel, full, many, Gr. πολλός (= πολιος), much, many; see iol-. Stokes and most philologists refer it to *oljo-s, Eng. all, Ger. all, Got. alls (*olnó-s, Mayhew). Some have derived it from *soli-, Lat. sollus, whole, Gr. ὁλος, whence Stokes deduces the Brittonic words - W. oll, all, Corn. hol, Br. holl, oll (see slàn).
uileann, elbow, Ir. uille, g. uilleann, M. Ir. uille, pl.acc. uillinn, O. Ir. uilin (acc.), W., Cor. elin, Br. ilin, elin: *olên-; Gr. ὠλήν, ὠλένη; Lat. ulna; Ag. S. eln, Eng. ell, elbow.
uilear, enough, etc.; see fuilear.
uill (ùill, H.S.D.), oil thou, uilleadh, oil (n.); see ola.
uilleann, honeysuckle, so Ir. (O'B.), M. Ir. feithlend, woodbine; see under feith.
uilm, coffer (Carm.):
uim-, circum, Ir. uim-, O. Ir. imm-; a composition form of mu, q.v. Hence uime, about him, it, Ir. uime, O. Ir. uimbi; uimpe, about her (= imb-sì or imb-shi).
ùin, ùine, time, Ir. uain, time, opportunity, E. Ir. úine, O. Ir. úain, leisure, time: *ut-nio-, root ut, vet of feith, wait. Strachan gives *ucn- as a reduced form, from euq, Skr. ókas, comfort, εὔκηλος, free from care, at ease.
ùinich, bustle, tumultus; see uainnneart.
uinicionn, lambskin (Carm.); for uainicionn.
uinneag, a window, M. G. fuinneóg, M. Ir. fuindeog, fuindeoc; from Norse windauga, Sc. winnock, Eng. window (= wind-eye). From Ag. S. windaége (Stokes, Lis.).
uinnean, an onion, Ir. uinniun, M. Ir. uinneamain, uindiun, W. wynwynyn; from Lat. union-em, O. Fr. oignon, Eng. onion, from unus, one.
