Where does “ôn” come from?

ôn (Cornish) comes from Proto-Celtic ognos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

ôn (Cornish): lamb

Definitions

  1. lamb

Ancestry of “ôn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticognoslamb
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂egʷnóslamb
3Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “ôn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂egʷnós →Every word from Proto-Celtic ognos →