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Where does “lon” come from?

lon (Old Irish) comes from Proto-Celtic *lawano-, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

lon (Old Irish): fat; provision, food, victuals, sustenance; feast

Definitions

  1. fat; provision, food, victuals, sustenance; feast

Ancestry of “lon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Celtic*lawano-—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “lon”

  • lónadóir
  • lónadóireacht
  • armlón
  • lón
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