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Where does “cíocrachán” come from?

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

cíocrachán (Irish): greedy, hungry person or animal; glutton

Definitions

  1. greedy, hungry person or animal; glutton

Ancestry of “cíocrachán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irish-ánA suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives,...
2Middle Irish-án—
3Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
4Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
5Proto-Celtic*-agnos—
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