Where does “-an” come from?

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

-an (Manx): Alternative form of -ane

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of -ane

Ancestry of “-an”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
2Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
3Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

Words derived from “-an”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →