Where does “dúnn” come from?

dúnn (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish sinni, from Old Irish sisni, from Old Irish snisni, from Proto-Celtic snisni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.

dúnn (Old Irish): first-person plural of do: to us

Definitions

  1. first-person plural of do: to us

Ancestry of “dúnn”, step by step

dúnn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish sinni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishsinniwe
2Old Irishsisniwe, us
3Old Irishsnisniwe
4Proto-Celticsnisni—
5Proto-Celticsnīswe
6Proto-Indo-Europeannō̆swe

via Old Irish do

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdoto, for; Alternative spelling of dó
2Old Irishdóthird-person singular masculine and neuter of do;...
3Proto-Celtic*dūto, towards
4Proto-Indo-EuropeandeEmphatic or contrastive particle, and, but;...

Words derived from “dúnn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s →Every word from Proto-Celtic snīs →Every word from Proto-Celtic snisni →