Where does “cúan” come from?

cúan (Middle Irish) comes from Old Irish cúan, from Old Irish cú, from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ, from Proto-Celtic kū, from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ — dog.

cúan (Middle Irish): litter; pack; band

Definitions

  1. litter; pack; band

Ancestry of “cúan”, step by step

cúan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish cúan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishcúanlitter; pack; band
2Old Irishcúdog, hound; wolf
3Primitive Irishᚉᚒᚅᚐhound, wolf
4Proto-Celtickūdog; wolf
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱwṓdog

via Proto-Celtic kawnos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtickawnos—
2Proto-Indo-European*kapnós—
3Proto-Indo-Europeankap-to seize, hold

Words derived from “cúan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱwṓ →Every word from Proto-Celtic kū →Every word from Primitive Irish ᚉᚒᚅᚐ →