Where does “eipigéineolaíocht” come from?
eipigéineolaíocht (Irish) comes from Irish géineolaíocht, from Irish géin, from English gene, from German gēn, from Middle High German gēn, from Old High German gēn, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną — to walk; to step.
eipigéineolaíocht (Irish): epigenetics
Ancestry of “eipigéineolaíocht”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | géineolaíocht | genetics |
| 2 | Irish | géin | gene; jean, denim; Alternative form of geoin |
| 3 | English | gene | A theoretical unit of heredity of living... |
| 4 | German | gēn | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | gēn | — |
| 6 | Old High German | gēn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | gān | to go |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gāną | to go, walk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |