Where does “マリガン” come from?
マリガン (Japanese) comes from English mulligan, from Irish Ó Maolagáin, from Irish maolagán, from Irish -agán, from Old Irish -acán, from Old Irish -óc, from Proto-Brythonic -ọg, from Proto-Celtic -ākos — Creates deadjectival and desubstantival...
マリガン (Japanese): mulligan
Ancestry of “マリガン”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mulligan | Mulligan stew; An unpenalized chance to re-take a... |
| 2 | Irish | Ó Maolagáin | — |
| 3 | Irish | maolagán | person with cropped hair, croppy; stupid fellow |
| 4 | Irish | -agán | A suffix used to derives instruments,... |
| 5 | Old Irish | -acán | A double diminutive, used to derive nouns, both... |
| 6 | Old Irish | -óc | Diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Brythonic | -ọg | Forms nouns/adjectives from other nouns and... |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | -ākos | Forms adjectives from nouns and adjectives with... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂ḱos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -kos | Creates deadjectival and desubstantival... |