Where does “lhiouan” come from?

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

lhiouan (Manx): elm tree

Definitions

  1. elm tree

Ancestry of “lhiouan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishlemánelm tree
2Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
4Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
5Proto-Celtic*-agnos—
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Middle Irish -án →
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