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Where does “gnìomh” come from?

gnìomh (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish gním, from Proto-Celtic gnīmus, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

gnìomh (Scottish Gaelic): act, action, deed; task; pile, stack up

Definitions

  1. act, action, deed; task; pile, stack up

Ancestry of “gnìomh”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishgnímverbal noun of gníid: doing, making; act, action,...
2Proto-Celticgnīmusdoing
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

Words derived from “gnìomh”

  • fo-ghnìomhachas
  • gnìomhair uireasbhach
  • gnìomhach
  • gnìomhachas
  • co-ghnìomhair
  • gnìomhaireach
  • gnìomhachd
  • mì-ghnìomhach
  • mì-ghnìomh
  • gnìomhair neo-iomlan
  • gnìomhair
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