yindys
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish ingantus,[1] from the same root as ingnad, from in- (negative) + gnáth (“customary, usual”), from Proto-Celtic *gnātos (“known, usual”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃-tós, past participle of *ǵneh₃- (“to know”). Cognate with Irish iontas.
Noun
edityindys m (genitive singular yindys, plural yindyssyn)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ingantus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language