'Keen' is a word borrowed from Gaelic 'caoinim'. The word entered the English language some time around 1845.
keen [verb] [1845]
- to make a loud and long cry of sorrow
- to lament with a keen
- to make a sound suggestive of a loud cry of sorrow
- to lament, mourn, or complain loudly
- to utter with a loud wailing voice or wordless cry
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Etymology: Irish 'caoinim' I lament, weep
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