Etymograph

English

gneeve

Gneeve comes from Irish gníomh ‘action’, from Old Irish gním ‘verbal noun of gníid: doing, making’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*gnīmus‘doing, act, action’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900gním‘verbal noun of gníid: doing, making’
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentgníomh‘action’
  5. Englishtodaygneeve

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵenh₁-‘to produce’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*gnīmus‘doing, act, action’reconstructed
  3. Old Irishc. 600–900gním‘verbal noun of gníid: doing, making’
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentgníomh‘action’
  5. Englishtodaygneeve

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

kind, general, king, nature, german, nation, generation, engine, gender, native, pregnant, genius, oxygen, ken, genre, gentle, indigenous, genuine, genetic, gene, hydrogen, genocide, genus, kin, noel, naive, innate, genital, natal, ingenious, germ, nativity, nada, nascent, gentile, janata, gens, naïve, puny, glycogen, 115 more

Today it means

noun A twelfth part of a ploughland / carucate

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- / gneeve

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