Etymograph

English

Neenan

Neenan comes from Irish Ó Naoidheannáin ‘descendant of Naoidheannán’, from naíon ‘infant, baby’, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *nowēdwūs ‘unknowing’.

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*nowēdwūs‘unknowing’reconstructed
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900noídiuas noíden‘infant, young child’
  3. Irishc. 1200–presentnaíonas naoidhean‘infant, baby’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Naoidheannáin‘descendant of Naoidheannán’
  5. EnglishtodayNeenan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*nowēdwūs‘unknowing’reconstructed
  2. Old Irishc. 600–900noídiuas noíden‘infant, young child’
  3. Irishc. 1200–presentnaíonas naoidhean‘infant, baby’
  4. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ Naoidheannáin‘descendant of Naoidheannán’
  5. EnglishtodayNeenan

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Naoidheannáin (‘descendant of Naoidheannán’), a nickname from naoidhean (‘infant, baby’).

Every English word from Proto-Celtic *nowēdwūs

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *nowēdwūs / Neenan

Shirt and support for this word