ᚓᚊᚑᚇᚇᚔ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From a derivative of Proto-Celtic *ekʷos.[1] Presumably the same name as Echadi, found in Latin letters in an inscription from Llanboidy[2] and Echodi, found in Latin letters in an inscription from Iona[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈexʷoði/

Proper noun

ᚓᚊᚑᚇᚇᚔ (eqoddi) m

  1. a male given name

Descendants

  • Old Irish: Eochaid, Echaid, Eocho, Eochu
    • Irish: Eochaidh, Eochaí
    • Scottish Gaelic: Eachann

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ekʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 114
  2. ^ Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, volume I, Dublin: Stationery Office, page 350
  3. ^ Steer, K. H. (1968–69) “Two unrecorded Early Christian stones”, in Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, volume 101, pages 127–29

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