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”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic gnīmus →Every word from Old Irish gním →