{"id":4175,"date":"2019-03-24T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/?p=4175"},"modified":"2022-04-26T18:12:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T17:12:03","slug":"daughter-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/2019\/03\/24\/daughter-girl\/","title":{"rendered":"Daughter \/ Girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words for daughter \/ girl<\/strong> in Celtic languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*enigenā<\/strong> = daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Primitive Irish<\/th>\nᚔᚅᚔᚌᚓᚅᚐ (inigena) = daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Irish (Goídelc)<\/th>\ningen<\/strong> [ˈinʲɣʲen] = daughter, maiden, virgin, young woman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Irish (Gaeilge)<\/th>\niníon<\/strong> [ɪˈnʲiːnˠ \/ ˈɪnʲiːnʲ \/ n̠ʲiənˠ] = daughter, girl, maiden; (young) woman, Miss
\ngariníon<\/strong> = granddaughter
\niníon deirféar<\/strong> = niece (sister’s daughter)
\niníon dearthár<\/strong> = niece (brother’s daughter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)<\/th>\nnighean<\/strong> [ɲiː.an̪ˠ] = daughter, girl, lass
\ngar-inghean, nighean-mhic<\/strong> = granddaughter
\nnighean-pheathar<\/strong> = niece (sister’s daughter)
\nnighean-bhràthar<\/strong> = niece (brother’s daughter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Manx (Gaelg)<\/th>\ninneen<\/strong> [ɪnˈjiːn] = daughter, girl (also written ‘neen \/ ‘nneen)
\noe ‘neen<\/strong> = granddaughter
\ninneen shayrey<\/strong> = niece (sister’s daughter)
\ninneen vraarey<\/strong> = niece (brother’s daughter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>
\nFrom the Proto-Indo-European *h₁én<\/em> (in) + *ǵenh₁-<\/em> (produce, give birth). [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, teanglann.ie<\/a>, On-Line Manx Dictionary<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Proto-Celtic<\/th>\n*merkā<\/strong> = daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Proto-Brythonic<\/th>\n*merx<\/strong> = daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig)<\/th>\nsmarach<\/strong> [smɛrəx] = lively person; lad, young man<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Welsh (Cymraeg)<\/th>\nmerch<\/strong> [mɛrχ] = girl, lass; female, (young or unmarried) woman; daughter; female descendant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cornish (Kernewek)<\/th>\nmyrgh<\/strong> [mɪrx] = daughter
\nmergh<\/strong> = daughter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Breton (Brezhoneg)<\/th>\nmerc’h<\/strong> = daughter, girl, maiden
\nmerc’hig<\/strong> = little girl, daughterling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Etymology<\/strong>
\nFrom the Proto-Indo-European *méryos<\/em> (boy, girl). [source<\/a>].<\/p>\n

Words marked with a * are reconstructions.<\/p>\n

Sources: Wiktionary<\/a>, Am Faclair Beag<\/a>, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru<\/a>, Gerlyver Kernewek<\/a>, Dictionnaire Favereau<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Words for daughter \/ girl in Celtic languages. Proto-Celtic *enigen\u0101 = daughter Primitive Irish \u1694\u1685\u1694\u168c\u1693\u1685\u1690 (inigena) = daughter Old Irish (Go\u00eddelc) ingen [\u02c8in\u02b2\u0263\u02b2en] = daughter, maiden, virgin, young woman Irish (Gaeilge) in\u00edon [\u026a\u02c8n\u02b2i\u02d0n\u02e0 \/ \u02c8\u026an\u02b2i\u02d0n\u02b2 \/ n\u0320\u02b2i\u0259n\u02e0] = daughter, girl, maiden; (young) woman, Miss garin\u00edon = granddaughter in\u00edon deirf\u00e9ar = niece (sister\u2019s daughter) in\u00edon dearth\u00e1r […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,26,19,20,108,21,3,22,27,10,42,11,12,23,43,18,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breton","category-kernewek-cornish","category-english","category-etymology","category-family","category-gaeilge-irish","category-language","category-gaelg-manx","category-nouns","category-old-irish-goidelc","category-primitive-irish","category-proto-brythonic","category-proto-celtic","category-gaidhlig-scottish-gaelic","category-verbs","category-cymraeg-welsh","category-words"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4175"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6541,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4175\/revisions\/6541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/celtiadur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}