cenél

Old Irish

/ˈkʲenʲeːl/

noun
Definitions
  • race group of people set apart from others on the basis of a common heritage
  • nation, people group of persons forming or belonging to a particular nation etc.
  • kind type, race, or category
  • (grammar) gender

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Celtic *kenetlom (family, nation, race) root from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (ashes, dust, new, fresh, begin, pinch, scratch, press, cut, kink, buckle, arise, rub, bend, scrape).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ken-

Gloss

ashes, dust, new, fresh, begin, pinch, scratch, press, cut, kink, buckle, arise, rub, bend, scrape

Concept
Semantic Field

The physical world

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

始

Emoji

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