Where does “-ni” come from?
-ni (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.
-ni (Old Irish): 1st person plural emphatic suffix
Definitions
- 1st person plural emphatic suffix
Ancestry of “-ni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Celtic | snīs | we |
| 2 | Proto-Indo-European | nō̆s | we |