Etymology Explorer › Old Irish

Where does “find” come from?

find (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic Kʷennowindos, from Proto-Celtic windos, from Proto-Indo-European windo-, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

Ancestry of “find”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-CelticKʷennowindos—
2Proto-Celticwindoswhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanwindo-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →