Where does “seangan” come from?

seangan (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Middle Irish sengán, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.

seangan (Scottish Gaelic): ant

Definitions

  1. ant

Ancestry of “seangan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Irishsengán—
2Old Irish-ándiminutive suffix
3Primitive Irish-ᚐᚌᚅᚔdiminutive suffix
4Proto-Celtic*-agnos—

Words derived from “seangan”

Every word from Proto-Celtic *-agnos →Every word from Old Irish -án →Every word from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ →