Where does “amadán” come from?

amadán (Irish) comes from Middle Irish ammatán, from Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.

amadán (Irish): fool

Definitions

  1. fool

Ancestry of “amadán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishammatánfool; simpleton
2Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
4Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
5Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

Words derived from “amadán”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Middle Irish -án →