Where does “roinn” come from?

roinn (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish roinded, from Old Irish rann, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā — part.

roinn (Scottish Gaelic): group, sect, section, class; category, allotment;...

Definitions

  1. group, sect, section, class; category, allotment;...

Ancestry of “roinn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishroindedparts, separates; distributes, apportions
2Old Irishrannpart
3Proto-Celtic*ɸrasnāpart

Words derived from “roinn”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā →Every word from Old Irish rann →Every word from Middle Irish roinded →