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Where does “lemán” come from?

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

lemán (Middle Irish): elm tree

Definitions

  1. elm tree

Ancestry of “lemán”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lemán”

  • leamhan
  • lhiouan
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