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This list of Scottish Gaelic given names shows Scottish Gaelic given names beside their English language equivalent. In some cases, the equivalent can be a cognate , in other cases it may be an Anglicised spelling derived from the Gaelic name, or in other cases it can be an etymologically unrelated name.
Place-names containing *kaitos are a particularly important source of evidence for understanding the phonological development of the Indo-European diphthong /ai/ in the Brittonic languages; [3]: 324–30 for dialectal variation in the development of /t/ in Brittonic; [4] for the palatal diphthongisation of /eː/ after /k/ in Old English; [5 ...
The various names used since classical times for the people known today as the Celts are of disparate origins.. The names Κελτοί (Keltoí) and Celtae are used in Greek and Latin, respectively, to denote a people of the La Tène horizon in the region of the upper Rhine and Danube during the 6th to 1st centuries BC in Graeco-Roman ethnography.
This list of Scottish Gaelic surnames shows Scottish Gaelic surnames beside their English language equivalent.. Unlike English surnames (but in the same way as Slavic, Lithuanian and Latvian surnames), all of these have male and female forms depending on the bearer, e.g. all Mac- names become Nic- if the person is female.
Beira : from Celtic *beira-Cailleach/ Cale's other name Cailleach-Bheura or Beira, the Celtic Goddess of mountains, water and Winter. Three Portuguese provinces: Beira-Baixa, Beira-Alta and Beira-Litoral
Irish given names (4 C, 4 P) S. Scottish given names (3 C, 12 P) W. Welsh given names (3 C, 83 P) Pages in category "Celtic given names" The following 6 pages are in ...
Celtic given names (4 C, 6 P) Celtic-language surnames (7 C, 12 P) G. Gaelic-language given names (2 C, 12 P) I. Irish-language given names (3 C, 1 P) T. Celtic ...
Onomastics is an important source of information on the early Celts, as Greco-Roman historiography recorded Celtic names before substantial written information becomes available in any Celtic language. Like Germanic names, early Celtic names are often dithematic.