Where does “klan” come from?
klan (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Scottish Gaelic clann, from English clan, from Irish clann, from Middle Irish clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic plāntā — flat.
klan (Norwegian Bokmål): a clan
Definitions
- a clan
Ancestry of “klan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | clann | children, offspring, progeny; clan, tribe; lock,... |
| 2 | English | clan | A group of people all descended from a common... |
| 3 | Irish | clann | children, offspring; race, descendants, clan;... |
| 4 | Middle Irish | clann | children; family; offspring |
| 5 | Old Irish | cland | children; family; offspring |
| 6 | Old Welsh | plant | children |
| 7 | Latin | planta | any vegetable production that serves to propagate... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | plāntā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pleh₂- | flat |