Where does “rann” come from?

rann (English) comes from Old Irish rann, from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā — part.

rann (English): A stanza of Irish poetry

Definitions

  1. A stanza of Irish poetry

Ancestry of “rann”, step by step

rann traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish rann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishrannpart
2Proto-Celtic*ɸrasnāpart

via German rann

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanrannfirst/third-person singular preterite of rinnen
Every word from Proto-Celtic *ɸrasnā →Every word from Old Irish rann →