Where does “ingenas” come from?

ingenas (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish ingen, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ, from Proto-Celtic enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ingenas (Middle Irish): maidenhood, virginity

Definitions

  1. maidenhood, virginity

Ancestry of “ingenas”, step by step

ingenas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish ingen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishingendaughter; maiden, virgin, young woman; nail
2Primitive Irishᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐdaughter
3Proto-Celticenigenādaughter
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Middle Irish ingen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishingen—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic enigenā →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ →