Where does “glùn” come from?

glùn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish glún, from Proto-Celtic gnūnos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu — knee.

glùn (Scottish Gaelic): knee, joint; lap; joint

Definitions

  1. knee, joint; lap; joint

Ancestry of “glùn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishglúnknee
2Proto-Celticgnūnos—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵónuknee

Words derived from “glùn”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵónu →Every word from Proto-Celtic gnūnos →Every word from Old Irish glún →