Where does “umainne” come from?

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

umainne (Irish): first-person plural emphatic of um

Definitions

  1. first-person plural emphatic of um

Ancestry of “umainne”, 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 →