Where does “dhúinne” come from?
dhúinne (Irish) comes from Irish dhúinn, from Old Irish dúnn, from Old Irish sinni, from Old Irish sisni, from Old Irish snisni, from Proto-Celtic snisni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.
dhúinne (Irish): first-person plural emphatic of do
Definitions
- first-person plural emphatic of do
Ancestry of “dhúinne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | dhúinn | first-person plural of do: to/for us |
| 2 | Old Irish | dúnn | first-person plural of do: to us |
| 3 | Old Irish | sinni | we |
| 4 | Old Irish | sisni | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | snisni | we |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | snisni | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | snīs | we |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nō̆s | we |