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Where does “uinnius” come from?

uinnius (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic osnistū, from Proto-Celtic osnos, from Proto-Indo-European h₃es-nos.

uinnius (Old Irish): ash tree

Definitions

  1. ash tree

Ancestry of “uinnius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celticosnistū—
2Proto-Celticosnos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃es-nos—

Words derived from “uinnius”

  • fuinseog
  • uinnseann
  • uindsend
  • fuinnseóc
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