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Where does “sengán” come from?

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

Ancestry of “sengán”, step by step

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

Words derived from “sengán”

  • shangan
  • seangan
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