Where does “cân” come from?
cân (Welsh) comes from English can, from Spanish can, from Latin Canis, from Ancient Greek δρόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
cân (Welsh): song; inflection of canu: ## third-person...
Definitions
- song; inflection of canu: ## third-person...
Ancestry of “cân”, step by step
cân traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English can
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | can | To know how to; to be able to; May; to be... |
| 2 | Spanish | can | dog, hound |
| 3 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |
via Welsh canu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Welsh | canu | to sing; to intone, chant; to state, say |
| 2 | Middle Welsh | canu | to sound |
| 3 | Old Welsh | canam | — |
| 4 | Proto-Brythonic | kėnɨd | to sing |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | kaneti | to sing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂n- | to sing |
via Proto-Indo-European (s)kand-
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kand- | to glow, shine; to shine, glow |