Where does “teine” come from?

teine (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic teɸnets, from Proto-Indo-European tep- — to be warm, be hot.

teine (Old Irish): fire

Definitions

  1. fire

Ancestry of “teine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticteɸnetsfire
2Proto-Indo-Europeantep-to be warm, be hot

Words derived from “teine

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tep-Every word from Proto-Celtic teɸnets