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Where does “gné” come from?

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

Ancestry of “gné”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “gné”

  • aonghnéitheacht
  • gné
  • mion-ghnéchlár
  • gnéchlár
  • tar-ghnèitheach
  • co-ghnèitheach
  • gnè
  • dà-ghnèitheach
  • iol-ghnèitheach
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →