fuar

cold, Irish fuar, Early Irish uar, Welsh oer, Cornish oir; *ogro-, root ug, aug, of fuachd, q.v. Stokes refers it to the root ve$$g, u$$g, discussed under fual, especially Greek $$Gu$$`grós, wet; a root which would rather be vob in Celtic (cf. Latin), and this would not give Welsh oer. Strachan suggests either Church Slavonic ogni$$u, fire (Latin ignis), or Greek $$Gpágos, frost (root pâg, fix, fit). Hence fuaradh, windward side, fuaran, a well, fuarraidh, damp, fuarralanach (Irish fuarálach, chill), cold feeling, etc.; fuar bhalla, an outside wall; fuar-shlat, the rough strong hoop used to bend in staves at the end of casks (Wh.).