Where does “egin” come from?

egin (Cornish) comes from Proto-Celtic *akīnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

egin (Cornish): shoot of a plant

Definitions

  1. shoot of a plant

Ancestry of “egin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*akīnos—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp

Words derived from “egin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- →