Where does “nagh” come from?

nagh (Manx) comes from Old Irish nách, from Proto-Celtic nekʷe, from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.

nagh (Manx): not

Definitions

  1. not

Ancestry of “nagh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishnáchthird-person singular present indicative negative...
2Proto-Celticnekʷenot
3Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -kʷe →Every word from Proto-Celtic nekʷe →Every word from Old Irish nách →
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