Where does “cín” come from?

cín (Middle Irish) comes from Latin quinio, from Latin -iō, from Proto-West Germanic -jō, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

cín (Middle Irish): book, booklet

Definitions

  1. book, booklet

Ancestry of “cín”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinquinioThe number five (e.g. on a die)
2Latin-iō—
3Proto-West Germanic-jōForms agent nouns from verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she
Every word from Chichewa iye →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yéti →Every word from Latin -iō →