Where does “ommidan” come from?

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

ommidan (Manx): fool; idiot

Definitions

  1. fool; idiot

Ancestry of “ommidan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishammatánfool; simpleton
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 →