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Where does “glugan” come from?

glugan (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic -an, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.

glugan (Scottish Gaelic): faint noise of a fluid confined in a vessel;...

Definitions

  1. faint noise of a fluid confined in a vessel;...

Ancestry of “glugan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaelic-anA masculine suffix used to form nouns meaning a...
2Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
4Proto-Celtic*-agnos—
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