Where does “Breatannais” come from?

Breatannais (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish Bretnas, from Old Irish -as, from Proto-Celtic -assus, from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus.

Breatannais (Scottish Gaelic): Breton language

Definitions

  1. Breton language

Ancestry of “Breatannais”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old IrishBretnasWelsh language
2Old Irish-asNominal suffix, used to form abstract ideas or...
3Proto-Celtic-assus—
4Proto-Indo-European-ad-tus—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ad-tus →Every word from Old Irish -as →Every word from Old Irish Bretnas →
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