Where does “glúin” come from?

glúin (Irish) comes from Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

glúin (Irish): knee; generation

Definitions

  1. knee; generation

Ancestry of “glúin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishglúnknee
2Proto-Celticgnūnos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “glúin”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Celtic gnūnos →Every word from Old Irish glún →