Where does “airleacán” come from?

airleacán (Irish) comes from Middle French Harlequin, from Old French Harlequin, from Old English Herla Cyning — {{w|King Herla}}.

airleacán (Irish): harlequin; playboy

Definitions

  1. harlequin; playboy

Ancestry of “airleacán”, step by step

airleacán traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French Harlequin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchHarlequin—
2Old FrenchHarlequin—
3Old EnglishHerla Cyning{{w|King Herla}}

via Irish airleagadh

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishairleagadh—
2Old Irishairlicud—

Words derived from “airleacán”

Every word from Old English Herla Cyning →Every word from Old French Harlequin →Every word from Middle French Harlequin →