Where does “-ne” come from?
-ne (Irish) comes from Old Irish -ni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.
-ne (Irish): emphatic suffix of the first-person plural; used...
Definitions
- emphatic suffix of the first-person plural; used...
Ancestry of “-ne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Irish | -ni | 1st person plural emphatic suffix |
| 2 | Proto-Celtic | snīs | we |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | nō̆s | we |