Where does “laoghan” come from?

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

Ancestry of “laoghan”, 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—
Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Scottish Gaelic -an →