cingid

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kengeti (tread, step, walk), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (limp) (compare Old High German hinkan (to limp), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, I limp) (from *skn̥g-yo-)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʲiŋʲɡʲiðʲ/

Verb

cingid (conjunct ·cing, verbal noun céimm)

  1. to step, proceed, go

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Irish: cinn (step, walk)

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cingid chingid cingid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • 1 cingid” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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