Where does “beag-” come from?
beag- (Irish) comes from Irish beag, from Old Irish bec, from Proto-Celtic *biggos.
beag- (Irish): small; -less; un-, in-
Ancestry of “beag-”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Irish | beag | small, little; few; little; small amount |
| 2 | Old Irish | bec | small |
| 3 | Proto-Celtic | *biggos | — |