Where does “aintéine” come from?

aintéine (Irish) comes from Latin antenna, from Proto-Italic antitempnā, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

aintéine (Irish): antenna

Definitions

  1. antenna

Ancestry of “aintéine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinantennayard on a ship; antenna in insects etc
2Proto-Italicantitempnā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend

Words derived from “aintéine”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten- →Every word from Proto-Italic antitempnā →Every word from Latin antenna →