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Where does “nigid” come from?

nigid (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish nigid, from Proto-Celtic nigyeti, from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- — to wash.

nigid (Middle Irish): he washes

Definitions

  1. he washes

Ancestry of “nigid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishnigidto wash
2Proto-Celticnigyeti—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanneygʷ-to wash

Words derived from “nigid”

  • nigh
  • in-nite
  • nigheann
  • donite
  • níonn
  • nimis
  • ním
  • nímid
  • nigh
Every word from Proto-Indo-European neygʷ- →