Where does “amadántacht” come from?

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

amadántacht (Irish): fooling; foolishness, fatuousness

Definitions

  1. fooling; foolishness, fatuousness

Ancestry of “amadántacht”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishamadántafoolish; fatuous
2Irishamadánfool
3Middle Irishammatánfool; simpleton
4Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
5Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
6Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
7Proto-Celtic*-agnos—
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Middle Irish -án →