Where does “amhrán” come from?

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

amhrán (Irish): song; a type of stressed metre

Definitions

  1. song; a type of stressed metre

Ancestry of “amhrán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishamránsinging, song
2Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
4Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
5Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

Words derived from “amhrán”

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