Where does “cúinne” come from?

cúinne (Irish) comes from Old French coigne, from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱū, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ- — sharp.

cúinne (Irish): angle corner where two walls intersect, corner space in the angle between converging lines or walls, nook small corner formed by two walls

Definitions

  1. angle corner where two walls intersect, corner space in the angle between converging lines or walls, nook small corner formed by two walls

Ancestry of “cúinne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcoignewedge, cornerstone, die for stamping
2Latincuneuswedge, wedge shape; troops arrayed in a wedge...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ḱūsting
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eḱ-sharp
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ḱūEvery word from Latin cuneus