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

1. daughter

Quotations

• 5th century CE, “EGLWC/1/2”, in Celtic Inscribed Stones Project‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 January 2015:

  ᚛ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ ᚉᚒᚅᚔᚌᚅᚔ ᚐᚃᚔᚈᚈᚑᚏᚔᚌᚓᚄ᚜

  inigena cunigni avittoriges

  Avitoriges, daughter of Cunignus

  Bilingual inscription alongside Latin AVITORIA FILIA CUNIGANI

Descendants

• Old Irish: ingen
  • Middle Irish: ingen
    • Irish: iníon, inghean (superseded), inghin, inín (Connacht), nighean, níon (Ulster), inín, inghin (obsolete)
    • Manx: inneen
    • Scottish Gaelic: nighean, nigheann, inghean
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenach
  • ⇒ Middle Irish: ingenas
    • Irish: iníonas
  • → Old Norse: ingjan