Old Irish

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Etymology

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Áed +‎ -acán, from áed (fire)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Áedacán m

  1. a male given name, Anglicized as Egan

Descendants

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  • Irish: Aodhagán
  • Scottish Gaelic: Iagan

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Áedacán
(pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)
unchanged nÁedacán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.