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Study of Celtic proper names
Onomastics is an important source of information on the early Celts, as Greco-Roman historiography recorded Celtic names before substantial written information
Celtic_onomastics
Language family
The Celtic languages (/ˈkɛltɪk/ KEL-tik) are a branch of the Indo-European language family, descended from the hypothetical Proto-Celtic language. The
Celtic_languages
Hypothetical extinct European language
prehistory with no known written records. It is mostly explained by Celtic onomastics, but having some features distinct from neighbouring languages, including
Ancient_Belgian_language
Ancient ethnic group from north-western Italy and south-eastern Gaul
identity here were an indigenous cremation rite and distinctively non-Celtic onomastics. Another ancient tradition, going back to the 6th century BC, applied
Ligures
King of the Atrebates
Tincomarus (a dithematic name form typical of insular and continental Celtic onomastics, analysable as tinco-, perhaps a sort of fish [cf Latin tinca, English
Tincomarus
surnames, personal names or nicknames derived from Welsh (see Celtic toponymy, Celtic onomastics). bara brith speckled bread. Traditional Welsh bread flavoured
List of English words of Welsh origin
List_of_English_words_of_Welsh_origin
name, including the following: List of Irish-language given names Celtic onomastics Place names in Ireland Scottish Gaelic name Welsh surnames Coyle,
Irish_name
Shân Cothi, and the late actress Myfanwy Talog.[citation needed] Celtic onomastics Irish name Patronymic#Welsh and Cornish Scottish Gaelic personal naming
Welsh_surnames
Russian historical linguist and Celticist
work spans Welsh philology, the onomastics of the ancient Celtic world, and the linguistic relations between Celtic and Slavic. In the field of Welsh
Alexander_Falileyev
Celtic and Gaulish god
epithets of Mercury. The root uellauno- is attested in compounds of Celtic onomastics. Some examples include toponym Vellaunodunum, and ethnonyms Segovellauni
Vellaunus
church'). Acarsaid Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba Albania (placename) Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy Dun (fortification) Etymology of Aberdeen Etymology of
Scottish_toponymy
Etymology of placenames derived from Celtic languages
Norse-derived place names. Aber and Inver as place-name elements Celtic onomastics List of Celtic place names in Portugal Pierre-Yves Lambert, La Langue gauloise
Celtic_toponymy
Language family
remains of Continental Celtic attested in eastern Europe, variously known as Noric or Eastern Celtic ... almost all of it onomastic. The linguistic features
Continental_Celtic_languages
(Turkish, Azeri, Persian زاده) -zai (Pashto) "son of", "descendant of" Celtic onomastics Language identification Lists of most common surnames, for the various
List_of_family_name_affixes
Place names of Wales
"cross" as well as "tree". Aber and Inver as place-name elements Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy Cumbrian toponymy Irish toponymy List of generic forms
Welsh_toponymy
would indicate a son called Donald with a mother called Kirsten. Celtic onomastics Icelandic names, which still use patronymics Irish name Russian patronymics
Scottish_Gaelic_name
Categories in etymology
this evolved in West Germanic languages as a generic name for speakers of Celtic and later (as Celts became increasingly romanised) Romance languages; thence:
Endonym_and_exonym
Roman province
Barruol (1999). Ancient Ligurian is listed either as Celtic (epigraphic) or Para-Celtic (onomastic). The Veneti were an Indo-European people who inhabited
Cisalpine_Gaul
Well in the vicinity, dedicated to St James.[citation needed] Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy Irish name List of towns and villages in the Republic
Place_names_in_Ireland
Study of cultural output relating to the Celtic-speaking peoples
linguistics) Ethnology Folklore History Literature Onomastics (Toponymy) Religious studies (see Celtic Christianity) Political science Osborn Bergin (1873–1950)
Celtic_studies
Male given name
Spanish masculine given name. The Portuguese equivalent is Diogo. The onomastics of Diego is disputed, with two major origin hypotheses: Tiago and Didacus
Diego
Welsh language placename element
Reach Portishead Pill (no longer extant) Pylle Stroud Pill Uphill Celtic onomastics Celtic toponymy List of generic forms in place names in the United Kingdom
Pil_(placename)
Extinct language in Scotland
apparently non-Celtic Ogham inscriptions, Bernard Mees argued for an Indo-European (but not Celtic) language with influence from Brittonic onomastics. Although
Pictish_language
Practice of rendering a non-Latin name in a Latin style
Latinisation (or Latinization) of names is the practice of changing certain non-Latin names into a form that more closely fits the style, structure, and
Latinisation_of_names
Ancient people
historical documents. Onomastics: Some scholars consider the names of Pieporus and of his grandsons to be Thracian (see Onomastics, above). Archaeology:
Costoboci
Hereditary portion of a personal name
and Naming. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Onomastics. Onomastics in Contemporary Public Space. Baia Mare, 9–11 May 2013, pp.504–517
Surname
Extinct Indo-European language
understanding of Thracian is built on a massive corpus of personal names (onomastics), place names, and a few deeply obscure inscriptions that have defied
Thracian_language
Extinct Indo-European language of Iberia
been support for either a connection with the ancient Italic languages or Celtic languages. It is known from only six sizeable inscriptions, dated to roughly
Lusitanian_language
Ancient tribal complex in Northwest Iberia
during the Roman period. They spoke Indo-European dialects with Celtic and non-Celtic features, although their actual kinship is under discussion (see
Gallaeci
People from Galicia
Ptolemy), who wrote about the Celtic peoples who inhabited Galicia; but they also based this revival in linguistic and onomastic data, and in the similarity
Galicians
Grouping of Irish myths
resurface time and again under Finn's chieftainship over the Fianna. The onomastics surrounding Almu, the stronghold of the Fianna is also discussed here
Fenian_Cycle
Ancient Portuguese tribe
Gallaecia were Celtic, with the exception of the Grovii, while Pliny wrote that they had a Greek origin. Anyhow, E.R. Luján, studying their onomastics, couldn't
Grovii
One of King Arthur's legendary Knights
Welshman" (li Galois), indicating that, even if he does not originate in Celtic tradition, he alludes to it. Groos and Lacy argue that, "even though there
Perceval
Extinct Indo-European language
regularly lost in Celtic (cf. Old Irish orc < *porkos). Bernard Mees objects that the analysis of the Ligurian onomastic material as Celtic entails phonological
Ligurian_language_(ancient)
Lusitanian chief during the Lusitanian war
ISBN 978-84-709005-7-0. Juan Luis García Alonso (2014). Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data (in Spanish). Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca.
Tautalus
the Deraemestae and the Docleatae, some of them mixed with Celtic tribes (see Celticization). Many tribal names are known from Roman civitates and the
List of ancient tribes in Illyria
List_of_ancient_tribes_in_Illyria
Celtic tribe of ancient Britain
Stempel (2014). García Alonso, Juan Luis (ed.). Continental Celtic Word Formation: the Onomastic Data. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 70. Guest, Peter
Silures
Extinct Celtic language from Asia Minor
Galatian is an extinct Celtic language once spoken by the Galatians in Galatia, in central Anatolia (Asian part of modern Turkey), from the 3rd century
Galatian_language
people of later myth and legend. The Metrical Dindshenchas is the great onomastics work of early Ireland, giving the naming legends of significant places
Irish_mythology
Hypothetical reconstruction of Illyrian
Begzad (2012). Onomastika e Kosoves: Ndermjet miteve dhe identiteteve [Onomastics of Kosovo: Between Myth and Identity] (PDF). Era. p. 73. ISBN 978-9951040556
Proposed_Illyrian_vocabulary
Archaeological culture of the Iberian peninsula
Roman culture (c. 1st century BC). It is the culture associated with the Celtic Gallaecians and Astures. The most notable characteristics of this culture
Castro_culture
Type of given name
Possibly a conflation of several roots, perhaps brightness, day, and a loan of Celtic dago "good". deor dear Y Deorwine / Darwin / Derwin dis, idis lady Y Y Dissibod
Germanic_name
English linguist
linguist. He was professor of Linguistics (alternatively professor of Onomastics) at the University of the West of England, Bristol, now emeritus. From
Richard_Coates
Branch of onomastics
The study of ancient Greek personal names is a branch of onomastics, the study of names, and more specifically of anthroponomastics, the study of names
Ancient_Greek_personal_names
Brittonic and Old English" (PDF). Namenkundliche Informationen (Journal of Onomastics). 109/110. Leipziger Universitätsverlag: 150. ISBN 978-3-96023-186-8.
Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain
Anglo-Saxon_settlement_of_Britain
Group of ancient peoples of south-western Gaul
modern scholarship as Aquitanian, is recorded almost entirely through onomastics. It survives as personal names and divine names embedded in Latin inscriptions
Aquitani
Town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland
1 March 2006. openstreetmap Hicks, Davyth A.: Language, History and Onomastics in Medieval Cumbria (an analysis of the generative usage of the cumbric
Carluke
Name list
Sabrina is a feminine given name derived from Proto-Celtic *Sabrinā. The name of the river Severn was recorded as early as the 2nd century in the Latinized
Sabrina_(given_name)
Legendary king of the Britons
Siadhail, Padraig (eds.), Celtic Languages and Celtic People: Proceedings of the Second North American Congress of Celtic Studies, held in Halifax, August
King_Arthur
Welsh poet and astrologer (b. 540 CE)
Sylvester (equivalent of Myrddin Wyllt). Although his legend centres on the Celtic wild man theme, Myrddin's legend is rooted in history, for he is said to
Myrddin_Wyllt
Name list
and it's a reference to notable people in Islamic history. Eren is also a Celtic name, denoting a few places in Scotland. Eren derives from the Turkish word
Eren
Ancient people of Aquitania
In the local onomastics and place-names the Aquitanian element predominates, while the name of the Tarbelli themselves is likely Celtic. The combined
Tarbelli
Ancient Celtic goddess of abundance
Rosmerta (Gaulish for 'the great provider') was an ancient Celtic goddess worshipped in eastern Gaul and the Rhineland, generally understood as a goddess
Rosmerta
Commune in Occitania, France
commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France. The onomastics of the town name, first attested as Ezerre in 839 AD amongst many later
Err,_Pyrénées-Orientales
Study of place names
is referred to as toponymics or toponomastics. Toponymy is a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds. A person who studies toponymy is called
Toponymy
Part of a personal name
many countries and cultures) Maiden and married names Name day Nickname Onomastics Personal name Popularity of birth names for females (United States) Popularity
Given_name
was borrowed from the continental Celtic *karrikā or, alternately, the same non-Indo-European source as the Celtic source. A more general term for a sacred
Sacred trees and groves in Germanic paganism and mythology
Sacred_trees_and_groves_in_Germanic_paganism_and_mythology
developed by the Celtic Britons elsewhere before the end of the first millennium. As in most of the predominantly oral societies Celtic mythology and history
Welsh_mythology
breviarium: Juan Luis García Alonso (2014). Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data (in Spanish). Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca.
Audax,_Ditalcus_and_Minurus
Mythological creature
oral traditions and mythology of various cultures, especially those of Celtic and Norse origin. The term "selkie" derives from the Scots word for "seal"
Selkie
Slavic deity
Cherepovetsky Uyezd the ethnographer Mikhail Gerasimov noted. It is likely the onomastics materials speak of the Proto-Slavic antiquity of the goddess, or the toponyms
Mokosh
Ancient people of the central Balkans
Pannonia belong to the central Dalmatian–Pannonian onomastic group and show no significant Celtic element, the names being Illyricised in general and
Scordisci
Placename element in Welsh meaning "stronghold", "fortress", or "citadel"
"Historia Brittonum" and Britain's Twenty-Eight Cities at Journal of Literary Onomastics Archived 2017-11-13 at the Wayback Machine. 2016. Bishop Ussher argued
Caer
(1910-1973) was a Welsh scholar in the field of Welsh language and literature and Celtic studies. He was born on 29 September 1910 as the third son of William and
Melville_Richards
Poland before the 10th century AD
Ethnogenesis of the Slavs: The Ancient Slavs as Evidenced by Etymology and Onomastics. Journal of Indo-European Studies (JIES), 13: 203–256. Kobyliński, Zbigniew
Prehistory and protohistory of Poland
Prehistory_and_protohistory_of_Poland
Affectionate nickname
name change Namesake Naming taboo Nomenclature nomen nescio Misnomer Onomastics -onym Personal identity identifier Proper noun Signature monogram royal
Hypocorism
Ancient Western Balkanic tribes
onomastics and material anthropology since the 1960s as newer inscriptions were found and sites excavated. There are two principal Illyrian onomastic
Illyrians
Referring to a transgender person by their former name
name change Namesake Naming taboo Nomenclature nomen nescio Misnomer Onomastics -onym Personal identity identifier Proper noun Signature monogram royal
Deadnaming
Spanish linguist (born 1953)
indigenous onomastics of Aquitaine, supervised by Koldo Mitxelena. He then studied at Toulouse and undertook postgraduate work on Celtic linguistics
Joaquín_Gorrochategui
German historical linguist (born 1937)
role of language contact in European prehistory. From the perspective of onomastics, Jürgen Udolph offers an extended critique of Vennemann's interpretations
Theo_Vennemann
changes in the English language triggered by the Norman Conquest, and some Celtic names even predate the arrival of the Anglo-Saxons in the first millennium
Toponymy_of_England
Ancient people of Pannonia
attested Varciani are Celtic. On the strength of the onomastics, Ivan Radman-Livaja and Hana Ivezić class the Varciani as a Celtic people, one of the few
Varciani
Ancient Illyrian tribe
Illyrians, who used Celtic weapons, tattooed themselves, and lived chiefly on spelt and millet; however, Strabo's suggestion of a mixed Celtic-Illyrian Iapodes
Iapodes
Arthurian legend character
electronic version at http://www.DIL.ie). Richards, Melville, "Arthurian Onomastics", in: Transactions of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, vol. 2,
Guinevere
Name list
world in the 20th century. "Jennifer" may mean "the fair one" (from Proto-Celtic "Windo-*sēbro" (cognate with Old Irish síabar "a spectre, phantom, supernatural
Jennifer_(given_name)
Bronze Age in Central Europe (and is generally regarded as Proto-Celtic or early Celtic), a hypothetical Illyrian civilization in the middle Danube Valley
Pan-Illyrian_hypotheses
Extinct Indo-European language of the Carpathian region
has approximately 180 words of Celtic origin. The Celtic origin of the French substratum is certain, as the Celtic languages are abundantly documented
Dacian_language
French linguist
edition was issued in 2003. Alongside his research in Indo-European and Celtic linguistics, Delamarre followed a career of diplomat from 1984 to 2014.
Xavier_Delamarre
Late antique people in Eastern Europe
Analysis". In García Alonso, Juan Luis (ed.). Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data. Salamanca. pp. 85–98.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location
Itimari
Extinct Romance language
settlement of the fifth and sixth centuries. It survived in the remaining Celtic regions of western Britain. However, it also died out in those regions by
British_Latin
Language family
Neo-Brittonic, also known as Neo-Brythonic, is a stage of the Insular Celtic Brittonic languages that emerged by the middle of the sixth century CE. Neo-Brittonic
Neo-Brittonic
British linguist and philologist (born 1954)
Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic in 1976, and his PhD in 1992), and at St John's College, Oxford (where he took a diploma in Celtic studies in 1978). In 1986
Andrew_Breeze
everyday objects. Other aids to understanding in this period include onomastics (the study of names) – divided into toponymy (place-names), showing the
Scotland in the Early Middle Ages
Scotland_in_the_Early_Middle_Ages
Archaeological study by Stephen J. Yeates
lacking sufficient evidence and that he suffered from a poor grasp of onomastics; in contrast, many also praised his writing style and his extensive use
The_Tribe_of_Witches
Ancient rock writing in Bulgaria
as local ancient language, Celtic, Slavic, and Phrygian. Vinča symbols Vassileva, Maya (1999). "A Few Phrygian Onomastic Notes". Epigraphica Anatolica
Sitovo_inscription
Proposed reconstructed word list for the Proto-Indo-European language
Pokorny, p. 583. Monier Williams, p. 306. García Ramón, J. L. "Mycenaean onomastics". In: A Companion to Linear B: Mycenaean Greek Texts and their World.
Indo-European_vocabulary
Ancient Celtic god of Roman Britain
Moguns, Mogontis and, in the plural, Moguntes; from a Celtic word meaning 'great') was an ancient Celtic god worshipped chiefly in the north of Roman Britain
Mogons
King Arthur and order of chivalry in Arthurian romance
warriors from a largely lost Welsh tradition considered to originate in old Celtic folklore. Companions of Arthur numbering 24 also appear in the Welsh tale
Knights_of_the_Round_Table
Ancient tribe in the Balkans
type". The Dardanians had their own language. An extensive study based on onomastics of the Roman era has been undertaken by Radoslav Katičić which puts the
Dardani
and Burgundians. With the names, the Galicians inherited the Germanic onomastic system; a person used one name (sometimes a nickname or alias), with no
Germanic personal names in Galicia
Germanic_personal_names_in_Galicia
Helvetian leader named by Julius Caesar
('he avenges, he punishes'). The name belongs to a well-attested Gaulish onomastic family that includes Diuicius ('avenger'), the druid Diviciacus and the
Divico
Geographical aspect of Celts
Ștefan Kovács at the turn of the 20th century revealed the first evidence of Celtic culture in Romania. The 3rd–2nd century BCE site is remarkable for its cremation
Celts_in_Transylvania
Semitic title often used in reference to deities
ISBN 2-503-50033-1 Lipiński, Edward (1994), Studies in Aramaic Inscriptions and Onomastics, Vol. II, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta, Vol. 57, Leuven: Orientaliste
Baal
Pre-Roman people of the northern Iberian Peninsula
long known almost entirely from onomastics. The personal names of the territory fall into the same strata, with Celtic names in western Navarre around
Vascones
Language of the ancient Aquitani people
have also been read as Gaulish: Senicco linked to seno- ('old'), Oxson to Celtic ukso(n) ('ox'), and Andoxsus to Indo-European *n̥do-sth₂-o- ('the one below')
Aquitanian_language
Name list
Basque word "urre(a)" itself appears to be a borrowing either from the celtic word or (or orr/aur), or from its Latin cognate aureum, both of which mean
Urraca
Grove of trees of special religious importance to a particular culture
were important features of the mythological landscape and cult practice of Celtic, Estonian, Baltic, Germanic, ancient Greek, Roman, Near Eastern, and Slavic
Sacred_grove
Late antique people in Eastern Europe
Analysis". In García Alonso, Juan Luis (ed.). Continental Celtic Word Formation: The Onomastic Data. Salamanca. pp. 85–98.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location
Boisci
Ancient people of northern Iberia
the Vascones are harder to fix. On the evidence of the decoration and onomastics of Roman funerary stelae, Francisco Marco Simón, and later Amalia Emborujo
Varduli
Class of onomastic text in early Irish literature
(the modern Irish word dinnseanchas means "topography"), is a class of onomastic text in early Irish literature, recounting the origins of place-names
Dindsenchas
CELTIC ONOMASTICS
CELTIC ONOMASTICS
Male
English
English name coined by Sir Walter Scott for a character in his novel Ivanhoe, thought to possibly be a variant spelling of Anglo-Saxon Cerdic, CEDRIC means "war chief."Â
Boy/Male
Celtic American English Welsh
Cbief.
Girl/Female
Celtic Irish
A, who was the mythic Celtic goddess of fire and poetry.
Boy/Male
British, Celtic, English, Welsh
Cherished
Boy/Male
Anglo, British, English, German
Name of a King; War Chief; Beloved
Boy/Male
British, English
Field Town
Boy/Male
British, Celtic, English, Greek, Latin
Celtic Form of Ambrose
Male
English
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Ælfric, ELRIC means "elf ruler."
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon Welsh
Name of a king.
Male
English
Variant spelling of Latin Cletus, CLETIS means famous, renowned."Â
Male
Italian
Italian and Spanish form of Latin Cælius, CELIO means "heaven."
Female
Italian
 Italian form of Latin Cælia, probably CELIA means "heaven." Compare with another form of Celia.
Male
English
Middle English form of Anglo-Saxon Ceneric, CENRIC means "keen power."
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Splendid.
Male
English
Chieftain
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Coultas.
Male
Celtic
, a Belgic man.
Female
Babylonian
, ("the lady"), par excellence.
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Celtic, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Swiss
Battle Chieftain; War Leader; Chief; Kindly and Love
Female
English
 Contracted form of English English Cecilia, CELIA means "blind." Compare with another form of Celia.
CELTIC ONOMASTICS
CELTIC ONOMASTICS
Girl/Female
Norse
Divine strength.
Male
Egyptian
, a royal scribe.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Veneration, Goddess chamundi
Male
Polish
Polish form of Greek Loukas, ÅUKASZ means "from Lucania."
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
God Murugan
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Wife of Muhammad (PBUH); Her Name was Hind
Boy/Male
Hindu
Rising Sun, Born of the Sun
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Person of Colours
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Love of Lotus
Boy/Male
Indian
A Sage
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a.
Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue.
a.
Pertaining to, containing, or derived from, acetyl, as acetic ether, acetic acid. The latter is the acid to which the sour taste of vinegar is due.
a.
In a hectic condition; having hectic fever; consumptive; as, a hectic patient.
n.
Hectic fever.
n.
The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.
a.
Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea.
v. t.
To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.
n.
The language of the Celts.
n.sing. & pl.
A Celt or the Celts of the Scotch Highlands or of Ireland; now esp., a Scotch Highlander of Celtic origin.
a.
Of a pertaining to vinegar; producing vinegar; producing vinegar; as, acetic fermentation.
a. & n.
Same as Celtic, a. & n.
a.
Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.
a.
Deltaic.
v. i.
To criticise; to play the critic.
a.
Relating to digestion; promoting digestion; digestive; as, peptic sauces.
n.
Same as Celt, one of Celtic race.
a.
Habitual; constitutional; pertaining especially to slow waste of animal tissue, as in consumption; as, a hectic type in disease; a hectic flush.
n.
The language of the Lettic race, including Lettish, Lithuanian, and Old Prussian.
n.
A hectic flush.
a.
See Cystic.