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

Definitions

  1. fool; simpleton

Ancestry of “ammatán”, step by step

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

Words derived from “ammatán”

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