aingeal

aingeal
I
angel, so Irish, Old Irish angel, Welsh angel, Breton ael; from Latin angelus, whence also the English
II
light, fire, Manx ainle, Irish aingeal ( Lh., O'Br.), Middle Irish aingel, sparkling: *pangelos, German funke, Middle English funke; further ong, fire, hearth; LIt anglis, coal, Sanskrit añgâra, glowing coal; Indo-European ongli, ongôl; allied is Indo-European ognis, fire, Latin ignis. See Fick$$+4 14. Skeat derives Scottish ingle from the Gaelic. Also ainneal, a common fire.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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