Where does “gallchnó” come from?

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

gallchnó (Irish): walnut

Definitions

  1. walnut

Ancestry of “gallchnó”, step by step

gallchnó traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish gall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishgallforeigner; Anglified Irish person; Alternative...
2Irish-ánA suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives,...
3Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
4Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
5Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
6Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

via Irish cnó

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcnónut
2Old Irishcnúnut
3Proto-Celticknūsnut
4Proto-Indo-Europeanknew-to scrape; scratch; rub; to scratch; scrape; rub
5Proto-Indo-Europeanken-to arise, begin
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