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.

ecnae (Old Irish): wisdom, knowledge

Definitions

  1. wisdom, knowledge

Ancestry of “ecnae”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ecnae”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic gniyeti →