In this episode we look into the possibly Celtic roots of the word phoney, and find out how it is connected to words for ring and related things. The Proto-Celtic word ānniyos means ring, and comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁eh₂no- (ring). [source]. Descendents in the modern Celtic languages include: fáinne [ˈfˠɑːɲə/ˈfˠæːn̠ʲə] = ring, circle, ringlet, curl […]