Where does “bannán” come from?

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

bannán (Old Irish): small drop, droplet

Definitions

  1. small drop, droplet

Ancestry of “bannán”, step by step

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