Where does “nighean-chèile” come from?

nighean-chèile (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.

nighean-chèile (Scottish Gaelic): daughter-in-law

Definitions

  1. daughter-in-law

Ancestry of “nighean-chèile”, step by step

nighean-chèile 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 cèile

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliccèilespouse, husband, wife; counterpart, fellow;...
2Old Irishcéileservant, bondsman, subject; liege, vassal, the...
3Old Irish-ide—
4Old Irish-deUsed to form adjectives from nouns, denoting...
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