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Where does “fuinnseóc” come from?

fuinnseóc (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish uinnius, from Proto-Celtic osnistū, from Proto-Celtic osnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃es-nos.

Ancestry of “fuinnseóc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishuinniusash tree
2Proto-Celticosnistū—
3Proto-Celticosnos—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃es-nos—

Words derived from “fuinnseóc”

  • fuinseog
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃es-nos →