Reconstruction:Primitive Irish/ᚅᚓᚈᚐ

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Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *neits; beyond that uncertain. Matasović connects it with Old Irish níth (“fight, anger”) and Gothic 𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌸 (neiþ, “hate, malice”), from Proto-Indo-European *neyH- (“to be angry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

*ᚅᚓᚈᚐ (*neta) m

  1. warrior, champion

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old Irish: nïa
    • Irish: nia
    • Scottish Gaelic: niadh

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*nītu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 291

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