Where does “ammatán” come from?
ammatán (Middle Irish) comes from Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.
ammatán (Middle Irish): fool; simpleton
Ancestry of “ammatán”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle Irish | -án | — |
| 2 | Old Irish | -án | diminutive suffix |
| 3 | Primitive Irish | -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ | diminutive suffix |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | *-agnos | — |
Words derived from “ammatán”