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Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/enigenā
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Proto-Celtic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵenh₁- (“produce, give birth”).
Noun
*enigenā f
- daughter
Inflection
| Feminine ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |
| nominative | *enigenā | *enigenai | *enigenās |
| vocative | *enigenā | *enigenai | *enigenās |
| accusative | *enigenam | *enigenai | *enigenāms |
| genitive | *enigenās | *enigenous | *enigenom |
| dative | *enigenāi | *enigenābom | *enigenābos |
| locative | *enigenai | *? | *? |
| instrumental | *? | *enigenābim | *enigenābis |
Descendants
- Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena)
- Old Irish: ingen
- Middle Irish: ingen
- Irish: iníon, inghean; inín; níon, inín
- Manx: inneen
- Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
- ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
- Middle Irish: ingen
- Old Irish: ingen
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009), “*genetā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157