- òl
- drink, drinking, Irish ól, ólaim, Early Irish ól, inf. to ibim, Old Irish oul, *povolo (St.), drinking: *potlo-, root po, pô, drink; Latin póto, English potate, etc.; Sanskrit pâ-, drink. Zimmer considers it borrowed from Norse öl, English ale. The root pele, plê, full, has also been suggested; but it is unlikely here.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.