- faobh
- booty, Irish fadhbhaim, I despoil, Old Irish fodb, exuvias: *vodvo-, from Indo-European vedh, slay, thrust; Sanskrit vadh, slay; Greek $$Gw$$'qéw, push. The root may be vedh, pledge, Greek $$Ga$$'/eqlon, war prize, English wager.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.