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
- song; a type of stressed metre
Ancestry of “amhrán”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | amrán | singing, song |
| 2 | Middle Irish | -án | — |
| 3 | Old Irish | -án | diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Primitive Irish | -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ | diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | *-agnos | — |
Words derived from “amhrán”