feannadh

feannadh
skinning, excessive cold; See fionnadh. The idea of "cold" is metaphorical. Early Irish fennaim, I skin, is referred by Stokes to the root of English wound: he gives the stem as *venvo-.

Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. . 1982.

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