féin
Irish (Donegal)
/heːnʲ/
pronoun
Definitions
- self
- own
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish féin (self) derived from Proto-Celtic *swe- (oneself) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swé (self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swé
Gloss
self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
自, 己
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pic English
- se Latin
- semita Latin
- sibi Latin
- sine Latin
- sui Latin
- sē Latin
- sī Latin
- ἑκάς Ancient Greek
- ἑταῖρος Ancient Greek
- ἔτης Ancient Greek
- ἧλιξ Ancient Greek
- ἰδιωτικόν Ancient Greek
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *se Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *swe-dʰh₁-sk- Proto-Indo-European
- *swedʰ-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *swom Proto-Indo-European
- *swoyos Proto-Indo-European
- *swé Proto-Indo-European
- *só Proto-Indo-European
- *swa Proto-Germanic
- *swaina- Proto-Germanic
- *swainaz Proto-Germanic
- *swēbaz Proto-Germanic
- स्वदेश Sanskrit
- Sinn Féin Irish
- féinphic Irish
- féinín Irish
- pic Irish
- sinn Irish
- *sebe Proto-Slavic
- *svojь Proto-Slavic
- fessin Old Irish
- féin Old Irish
- fene Manx
- pene Manx
- *senara Proto-Celtic
- *swe- Proto-Celtic
- *swá Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *s(w)ē- Proto-Italic
- *swelos Proto-Italic
- xwe Northern Kurdish
- *hwe Proto-Hellenic