Where does “bhuainn” come from?

bhuainn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic sinn, from Old Irish sinni, from Old Irish sisni, from Old Irish snisni, from Proto-Celtic snisni, from Proto-Celtic snīs, from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s — we.

bhuainn (Scottish Gaelic): from us

Definitions

  1. from us

Ancestry of “bhuainn”, step by step

bhuainn traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic sinn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicsinnwe; us
2Old Irishsinniwe
3Old Irishsisniwe, us
4Old Irishsnisniwe
5Proto-Celticsnisni—
6Proto-Celticsnīswe
7Proto-Indo-Europeannō̆swe

via Scottish Gaelic bho

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicbhofrom
2Old Irishófrom, of; by; since, after
3Proto-Celtic*auaway from
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

Words derived from “bhuainn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European nō̆s →Every word from Proto-Celtic snīs →Every word from Proto-Celtic snisni →
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