Where does “decánach” come from?

decánach (Old Irish) comes from Old Irish decán, from Latin decanus, from Latin decem, from Latin -nus, from Proto-Italic -nos, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

decánach (Old Irish): dean

Definitions

  1. dean

Ancestry of “decánach”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishdecán—
2Latindecanuschief of ten people; dean
3Latindecemten; 10
4Latin-nus-an
5Proto-Italic-nosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “decánach”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Latin -nus →Every word from Latin decem →