- ceòl
- music, Irish, Early Irish ceól, g. ciúil, *kipolo-, a Gadelicised form of *pipolo; onomatopoetic root pi$$-p, Latin pîpilo, chirp, pipilum, outcry, pîpo, chirp, Anglo-Saxon pípe , English pipe (hence Welsh pib, Gaelic pìob, etc.). Stokes and Rhys have given a Celtic qeqlo- for stem, allied to Welsh pib, pipe. For phonetics, See feòil. Stokes now suggests alliance with German heulen, hoot, howl, Old High German hiuwilôn.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.