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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish áinne, from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂n- (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Latin ānus and Old Armenian անուր (anur). The initial f comes from a reinterpretation of áinne as fhàinne in leniting environments, leading to fàinne as a back-formation from this supposedly underlying form in nonleniting environments. Compare Irish fáinne.
Pronunciation
Noun
fàinne m or f (genitive singular fàinne, plural fàinneachan or fàinnean)
- ring
- coil
- ringlet
Derived terms
References
- ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap