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Where does “fo-gheiney” come from?

fo-gheiney (Manx) comes from Manx fo-, from Manx fo, from Old Irish fo, from Proto-Celtic uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

fo-gheiney (Manx): subhuman; plural of fo-ghooinney

Definitions

  1. subhuman; plural of fo-ghooinney

Ancestry of “fo-gheiney”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Manxfo-sub-, under-
2Manxfounder; below; third-person singular masculine of...
3Old Irishfounder, beneath; towards; through, throughout
4Proto-Celticuɸo—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—
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