Irish
/ˈaɪɹɪʃ/ · name
Meaning
- The Gaelic language indigenous to Ireland, also known as Irish Gaelic.
- The Irish people.
- A surname originating as an ethnonym.
- A female given name of chiefly Philippine usage.
- A board game of the tables family.
- Temper; anger, passion.
- Whiskey, or whisky, elaborated in Ireland.
- Pertaining to or originating from Ireland or the Irish people.
- Pertaining to the Irish language.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English Irish (12th c.), from Old English *Īrisċ, from Old English Īras (“Irishmen”), from Old Norse Írar, from Old Irish Ériu (modern Irish Éire (“Ireland”)), further origin heavily debated but probably from Proto-Celtic *Φīweriyū (“fat land, fertile”), from Proto-Indo-European *péyh₂wr̥ (“fat, swelling”), from *peyh₂- (“to swell; to be fat”), akin to Ancient Greek πίειρα (píeira, “fertile land”), Sanskrit पीवरी (pīvarī, “fat”).
- पीवरी(Sanskrit)→
- πίειρα(grc)→
- *péyh₂wr̥(ine-pro)→
- *Φīweriyū(cel-pro)→
- Éire(Irish)→
- Ériu(Old Irish)→
- Írar(non)→
- Īras(ang)→
- *Īrisċ(ang)→
- Irish(Middle English)→
- Irish (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, der, der, der, cog, der, der, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- Irish(Cebuano) (der)
- આયરિશ(Gujarati) (bor)
- irisk(Swedish) (cog)
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