Where does “-ne” come from?

-ne (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish -ni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.

-ne (Scottish Gaelic): -selves

Definitions

  1. -selves

Ancestry of “-ne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-ni1st person plural emphatic suffix
2Proto-Celticsnīswe
3Proto-Indo-Europeannō̆swe

Words derived from “-ne”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s →Every word from Proto-Celtic snīs →Every word from Old Irish -ni →
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