Where does “çhengey” come from?

çhengey (Manx) comes from Old Irish tengae, from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt-, from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s — tongue.

çhengey (Manx): language, speech; tongue

Definitions

  1. language, speech; tongue

Ancestry of “çhengey”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishtengaetongue; language
2Proto-Celtictangʷāt-—
3Proto-Indo-Europeandn̥ǵʰwéh₂stongue

Words derived from “çhengey”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s →Every word from Proto-Celtic tangʷāt- →Every word from Old Irish tengae →