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Where does “inchinn” come from?

inchinn (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish inchinn, from Proto-Celtic *en-kʷennio-.

Ancestry of “inchinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishinchinn—
2Proto-Celtic*en-kʷennio-—
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