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Where does “Beccán” come from?
Beccán (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.
Ancestry of “Beccán”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Irish
-án
diminutive suffix
2
Primitive Irish
-ᚐᚌᚅᚔ
diminutive suffix
3
Proto-Celtic
*-agnos
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Words derived from “Beccán”
bekan
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