Where does “ingen” come from?

ingen (Old Irish) comes from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ, from Proto-Celtic enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

ingen (Old Irish): daughter; maiden, virgin, young woman; nail

Definitions

  1. daughter; maiden, virgin, young woman; nail

Ancestry of “ingen”, step by step

ingen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Primitive Irishᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐdaughter
2Proto-Celticenigenādaughter
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Proto-Celtic angʷīnā

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticangʷīnānail
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃nogʰ-claw, nail; nail

Words derived from “ingen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic enigenā →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ →