nighean
Gaelic (Scots)
/ɲiː.an̪ˠ/
noun
Definitions
- daughter, female offspring
- girl, maiden
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish ingen (daughter, virgin, maiden, young woman, girl) inherited from Primitive Irish ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ inherited from Proto-Celtic *enigenā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (in, down, produce).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁én
Gloss
in, down, produce
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Other
Kanji
下
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *indigmna Latin
- in Latin
- in- Latin
- indigena Latin
- introitus Latin
- intuitus Latin
- indígena Spanish, Castilian
- ἐν Ancient Greek
- *(h₁)ni Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁én Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁éntos Proto-Indo-European
- *tewH- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- indígena Portuguese
- *in Proto-Germanic
- in Middle English
- iníon Irish
- níon Irish
- *nьrǫ Proto-Slavic
- *vъ(n) Proto-Slavic
- *vъ(n)- Proto-Slavic
- indígena Catalan, Valencian
- نمودن Persian
- digon Welsh
- ի Old Armenian
- ingen Old Irish
- ingenrad Old Irish
- an Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- bràthair Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- cèile Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- galla Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- inghean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- leas-nighean Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- mac Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- nighean na galla Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- nighean-bhràthar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- nighean-bràthar Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- nighean-chèile Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- nighean-mhic Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- nìghneag Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- ingin Manx
- inneen Manx
- *angʷīnā Proto-Celtic
- *en Proto-Celtic
- *eni-genā Proto-Celtic
- *enigenā Proto-Celtic
- *en Proto-Italic
- ingenas Middle Irish
- nighean Middle Irish
- *en-s, *ens Proto-Hellenic
- ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ Primitive Irish