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Manx
Etymology
From Middle Irish cocnaid, from Old Irish con·cná,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kom-knāyeti (“to bite, chew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (“to bite, gnaw”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cagainn, Irish cogain and Welsh cnoi.
Verb
caign (past chaign, future independent caignee, verbal noun caigney, past participle caignit)
- to chew
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