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Where does “casán” come from?

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

casán (Middle Irish): path, footpath; fastener or ornament for a cloak

Definitions

  1. path, footpath; fastener or ornament for a cloak

Ancestry of “casán”, step by step

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

Words derived from “casán”

  • casan
  • cassanagh
  • fo chassan
  • neuchassanagh
  • cassan
  • neuchassanid
  • cassanaght
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