Where does “nighean” come from?

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

nighean (Scottish Gaelic): daughter, female offspring; girl, maiden

Definitions

  1. daughter, female offspring; girl, maiden

Ancestry of “nighean”, step by step

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

Words derived from “nighean”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- →Every word from Proto-Celtic enigenā →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ →