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Where does “ecnae” come from?

ecnae (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic gniyeti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

Ancestry of “ecnae”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticgniyetito make; to do
2Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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