ᚃᚓᚅᚇᚑᚌᚅᚔ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *windos (“white, fair”),[1] perhaps compounded with a derivative of *genos (“birth”), thus meaning “fair born”. However, some scholars emend the word to ᚃᚓᚅᚇᚐᚌᚅᚔ (vendagni), indicating a formation with the extremely common and productive suffix -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni).

The vocalism of the first syllable is unexplained, since both Proto-Celtic *windos and Old Irish finn unambiguously have i, not e. Yet there are many Primitive Irish names that begin with ᚃᚓᚅᚇ- (vend-) and none that begin with ᚃᚔᚅᚇ- (vind-).

Proper noun

ᚃᚓᚅᚇᚑᚌᚅᚔ (vendogni) m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

Assuming the derivation from *windos + -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ (-agni) is correct:

  • Old Irish: Findán
    • Irish: Fionnán
    • Scottish Gaelic: Fionnan

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 423

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