Where does “bekan” come from?

bekan (Dutch) comes from Old Irish Beccán, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.

bekan (Dutch): Alternative form of bijkans

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of bijkans

Ancestry of “bekan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishBeccán
2Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
4Proto-Celtic*-agnos
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos