Where does “úachtarán” come from?

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

úachtarán (Middle Irish): chief, leader

Definitions

  1. chief, leader

Ancestry of “úachtarán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irish-ándiminutive suffix
2Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
4Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

Words derived from “úachtarán”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Middle Irish -án →