Where does “linne” come from?

linne (Irish) comes from Irish -ne, from Old Irish -ni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.

linne (Irish): genitive singular of linn; first-person plural...

Definitions

  1. genitive singular of linn; first-person plural...

Ancestry of “linne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-neemphatic suffix of the first-person plural; used...
2Old Irish-ni1st person plural emphatic suffix
3Proto-Celticsnīswe
4Proto-Indo-Europeannō̆swe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s →Every word from Proto-Celtic snīs →Every word from Irish -ne →