Where does “cé” come from?

cé (Irish) comes from Anglo-Norman kay, from Gaulish cagiíum, from Proto-Celtic kagyom, from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

cé (Irish): who?; Only used in cé go, cé gur, cé nach, and cé...

Definitions

  1. who?; Only used in cé go, cé gur, cé nach, and cé...

Ancestry of “cé”, step by step

cé traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman kay

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normankay—
2Gaulishcagiíumenclosure
3Proto-Celtickagyompen, enclosure
4Proto-Indo-Europeankagʰyómenclosure, hedge
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Old Irish cía

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcíawho? what?; whoever, whatever; whatever
2Proto-Celtic*kʷeiwho
3Proto-Indo-European*kʷís—

via Latin ce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinceThe name of the letter "C"
2Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

Words derived from “cé”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yós →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kagʰyóm →Every word from Proto-Celtic kagyom →