Where does “daltán” come from?

daltán (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish án, from Old Irish air — for.

daltán (Old Irish): little foster child, little pupil

Definitions

  1. little foster child, little pupil

Ancestry of “daltán”, step by step

daltán traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Irish án

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishánverbal noun of aigid
2Old Irishairfor

via Old Irish daltae

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdaltaefoster-son, fosterling, nursling, ward; pupil,...

Words derived from “daltán”

Every word from Old Irish air →Every word from Old Irish án →