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
   • EGLWC/1/2 at the Celtic Inscribed Stones Project

     ᚛ᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ ᚉᚒᚅᚔᚌᚅᚔ ᚐᚃᚔᚈᚈᚑᚏᚔᚌᚓᚄ᚜ (inigena cunigni avittoriges)

     Bilingual inscription alongside Latin AVITORIA FILIA CUNIGANI

     Avitoriges, daughter of Cunignus

Descendants

• 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    • Irish: iníon, inghean (superseded), inghin, inín (Connacht), nighean, níon (Ulster), inín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