Where does “leas-nighean” come from?

leas-nighean (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic nighean, from Old Irish ingen, from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ, from Proto-Celtic enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

leas-nighean (Scottish Gaelic): stepdaughter

Definitions

  1. stepdaughter

Ancestry of “leas-nighean”, step by step

leas-nighean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Scottish Gaelic nighean

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicnigheandaughter, female offspring; girl, maiden
2Old Irishingendaughter; maiden, virgin, young woman; nail
3Primitive Irishᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐdaughter
4Proto-Celticenigenādaughter
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via Scottish Gaelic leas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelicleasbenefit, advantage
2Old Irishlessbenefit, profit
3Proto-Celtic*lexstusbenefit, advantage
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂lek-to protect
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic enigenā →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ →