ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ

Primitive Irish

FWOTD – 24 May 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *enigenā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵenh₁- (“produce, give birth”) (compare Latin indigena (“native”), Ancient Greek ἐγγόνη (engónē, “granddaughter”)). Also compare engine.

Noun

ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena) f

daughter
- EGLWC/1/2 at the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project
  ᚛ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ ᚉᚒᚅᚔᚌᚅᚔ ᚐᚃᚔᚈᚈᚑᚏᚔᚌᚓᚄ᚜ (inigena cunigni avittoriges)
  
  Bilingual inscription alongside Latin AVITORIA FILIA CUNIGANI
  Avitoriges, daughter of Cunignus

Descendants

Old Irish: ingen
- Middle Irish: ingen
  - Irish: iníon, níon, inín
  - Manx: inneen
  - Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean

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