cúinne
Irish (Donegal)
/ˈkuːn̠ʲə/, /ˈkuːɲɪ/
noun
Definitions
- angle corner where two walls intersect, corner space in the angle between converging lines or walls, nook small corner formed by two walls
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French coigne (die for stamping, cornerstone, wedge) derived from Latin cuneus (wedge).
Origin
Latin
cuneus
Gloss
wedge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coign English
- coigne English
- cuneus English
- *cunea Latin
- cuneatim Latin
- cuneiformis Latin
- cuneifōrmis Latin
- cuneo Latin
- cuneus Latin
- Cuneo Italian
- conio Italian
- cuneo Italian
- cuneiforme Spanish, Castilian
- cuño Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂ḱū Proto-Indo-European
- coyn Middle English
- coigne Old French
- coin Old French
- cuny Catalan, Valencian
- encunyar Catalan, Valencian
- cuña Galician
- cuño Galician
- cui Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- cŷn Welsh
- couongnet Norman
- kunj Albanian
- cunj Aromanian