Where does “gainéad” come from?

gainéad (Irish) comes from English gannet, from Middle English ganet, from Old English ganot, from Proto-Germanic ganataz.

gainéad (Irish): gannet

Definitions

  1. gannet

Ancestry of “gainéad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgannetAny of three species of large seabird in the...
2Middle Englishganetgannet
3Old Englishganotgannet
4Proto-Germanicganataz—
Every word from Proto-Germanic ganataz →Every word from Old English ganot →Every word from Middle English ganet →
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