Where does “amhránaí” come from?

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

amhránaí (Irish): singer, vocalist; genitive singular feminine of...

Definitions

  1. singer, vocalist; genitive singular feminine of...

Ancestry of “amhránaí”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishamhránsong; a type of stressed metre
2Middle Irishamránsinging, song
3Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
4Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
5Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
6Proto-Celtic*-agnos—
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Middle Irish -án →