Where does “nóedenán” come from?

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

nóedenán (Middle Irish): infant, young child

Definitions

  1. infant, young child

Ancestry of “nóedenán”, step by step

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