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Where does “buinne” come from?

buinne (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish buinne, from Proto-Celtic bennā, from Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ- — to bind; bond.

buinne (Scottish Gaelic): statue, bust; current; sanicle

Definitions

  1. statue, bust; current; sanicle

Ancestry of “buinne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishbuinnetorrent, flood; stream, current, wave; diarrhœa,...
2Proto-Celticbennā—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰendʰ-to bind; bond
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