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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”

  • bean-ghlùine
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