Where does “-án” come from?

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

-án (Old Irish): diminutive suffix

Definitions

  1. diminutive suffix

Ancestry of “-án”, step by step

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

Words derived from “-án”

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