Banshee
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late 17th century: from Irish bean sídhe, from Old Irish ben síde ‘woman of the fairies’.
wiktionary
From Irish bean sí, from Old Irish ben síde(literally “woman of the fairy mound”). The term banshee entered English in 1771.
etymonline
banshee (n.)
in Irish folklore, a type of female fairy believed to foretell deaths by singing in a mournful, unearthly voice, 1771, from phonetic spelling of Irish bean sidhe "female of the Elves," from bean "woman" (from PIE root *gwen- "woman") + Irish sidhe (Gaelic sith) "fairy" or sid "fairy mound" (from PIE root *sed- (1) "to sit"). Sidhe sometimes is confused with sithe, genitive of sith "peace."