Where does “Sheena” come from?
Sheena (English) comes from Scottish Gaelic Sìne, from English gin, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
Ancestry of “Sheena”, step by step
Sheena traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Scottish Gaelic Sìne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | Sìne | commonly anglicized as Jean, Jane, or Sheena |
| 2 | English | gin | A colourless non-aged alcoholic liquor made by... |
| 3 | Old French | engin | intelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;... |
| 4 | Latin | ingenium | innate or natural quality, natural character;... |
| 5 | Latin | gignere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | genere | ablative singular of genus; to beget, produce |
| 7 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |