Where does “banchigire” come from?
banchigire (Irish) comes from Irish ban-, from Old Irish ban-, from Proto-Celtic *bano-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷḗn, from Proto-Indo-European gʷen- — woman.
banchigire (Irish): female inspector
Ancestry of “banchigire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | ban- | A prefix appended to words to make a female form,... |
| 2 | Old Irish | ban- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | *bano- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷḗn | woman |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷen- | woman |