Irish can

← Proto-Celtic *kaneti (inherited)

← Welsh canu (cognate)

← Persian خواندن (cognate)

← Ancient Greek καναχέω (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (root)

← Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (inherited)

← Latin canō (cognate)

← Old Irish canaid (inherited)

→ Irish canadh (affix)