Where does “dhuinn” come from?
dhuinn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish dúnn, 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.
dhuinn (Scottish Gaelic): to us; for us
Ancestry of “dhuinn”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Irish | dúnn | first-person plural of do: to us |
| 2 | Old Irish | sinni | we |
| 3 | Old Irish | sisni | — |
| 4 | Old Irish | snisni | we |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | snisni | — |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | snīs | we |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | nō̆s | we |
Words derived from “dhuinn”