Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/enigenā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁én (“in”) + *ǵenh₁- (“produce, give birth”).

Noun

*enigenā f

daughter

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*enigenā	*enigenai	*enigenās
vocative	*enigenā	*enigenai	*enigenās
accusative	*enigenam	*enigenai	*enigenāns
genitive	*enigenās	*enigenous	*enigenom
dative	*enigenāi	*enigenābom	*enigenābos
locative	*enigenai	*?	*?
instrumental	*?	*enigenābim	*enigenābis

Descendants

Primitive Irish: ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena)
- Old Irish: ingen
  - Middle Irish: ingen
    - Irish: iníon, inghean (superseded), inghin, inín (Connacht), nighean, níon (Ulster), inín
    - Manx: inneen
    - Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
  - ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach
  - ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
    - Irish: iníonas

References

Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*genetā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 157