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
- genitive singular of linn; first-person plural...
Ancestry of “linne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Irish | -ne | emphatic suffix of the first-person plural; used... |
| 2 | Old Irish | -ni | 1st person plural emphatic suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | snīs | we |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nō̆s | we |