Old Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Celtic *kengeti (tread, step, walk), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keng- (limp) (compare Old High German hinkan (to limp), Ancient Greek σκάζω (skázō, I limp) (from *skn̥gyóh₂)).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʲiŋʲɡʲiðʲ]

Verb edit

cingid (conjunct ·cing, verbal noun céimm)

  1. to step, proceed, go

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Irish: cinn (step, walk)

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cingid chingid cingid
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit