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Where does “korrigan” come from?

korrigan (English) comes from Breton -añ, from Proto-Brythonic -aβ̃, from Proto-Celtic *-a[[-mā]].

korrigan (English): A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent...

Definitions

  1. A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent...

Ancestry of “korrigan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Breton-añForms verbal nouns
2Proto-Brythonic-aβ̃Forms verbal nouns, originally from a-verbs
3Proto-Celtic*-a[[-mā]]—
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-a[[-mā]] →