focain
Old Irish
verb
Definitions
- to sing, to chant
- to accompany singing
Etymology
Affix from Old Irish canaid (sing) root from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*keh₂n-
Gloss
sing
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- canorous English
- concent English
- descant English
- disincentive English
- incentive English
- accentus Latin
- canor Latin
- canorus Latin
- cantamen Latin
- canticum Latin
- cantillo Latin
- cantito Latin
- cantiōnem Latin
- canto Latin
- cantus Latin
- cantāre Latin
- cantāre, cantō, canto Latin
- cantō Latin
- ciconia Latin
- incantatio Latin
- incanto Latin
- incantāre Latin
- incantō Latin
- recantare Latin
- chanterelle French
- καναχέω Ancient Greek
- προσῳδία Ancient Greek
- *keh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *kekoh₂n- Proto-Indo-European
- *hanjō Proto-Germanic
- *hanô Proto-Germanic
- can Irish
- canaid Old Irish
- doaurchain Old Irish
- forcain Old Irish
- can Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *kaneti Proto-Celtic
- *kanō Proto-Italic
- xwendin Northern Kurdish