- fionnadh
- fionna, fionnadhhair, pile, Irish fionnadh, Early Irish finda, findfad, Old Irish finnae, pilorum, *ves-niâ, root ves, clothe, Latin vestis, English vestment. Stokes has compared it to Latin villus, hair, which he takes from *vin-lus, but which is usually referred to the root vel of vellus, lana, etc. The -fad of Early Irish is for *vida, aspect, Welsh gwedd, root vid, see.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.