Where does “dhuinne” come from?
dhuinne (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic dhuinn, 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.
dhuinne (Scottish Gaelic): to us; for us
Ancestry of “dhuinne”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | dhuinn | to us; for us |
| 2 | Old Irish | dúnn | first-person plural of do: to us |
| 3 | Old Irish | sinni | we |
| 4 | Old Irish | sisni | — |
| 5 | Old Irish | snisni | we |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | snisni | — |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | snīs | we |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | nō̆s | we |