Where does “caint” come from?

caint (Irish) comes from Brythonic Cantio, from Proto-Celtic kantos, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ-.

caint (Irish): speech; talking

Definitions

  1. speech; talking

Ancestry of “caint”, step by step

caint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Brythonic Cantio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BrythonicCantio—
2Proto-Celtickantoscorner; rim
3Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ndʰ-—

via Old Irish cainnt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcainntverbal noun of canaid; speech, talk, conversation

Words derived from “caint”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ndʰ- →Every word from Proto-Celtic kantos →Every word from Brythonic Cantio →