eitean
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See also: eiteán
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Irish eitne, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ét(e)no- (“kernel”), see also Old Armenian ունդ (und, “grain, seed”), Ancient Greek ἔτνος (étnos, “soup with beans”).[1]
Noun
[edit]eitean m (genitive singular eitein, plural eiteanan or eitnean)
References
[edit]- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 166