ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ

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Primitive Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *ᚉᚒᚅᚐ (*cuna, “dog”) + either Proto-Celtic *kʷennom (“head”) (compare Latin Cunopennus from Gaulish) or *kennos (“skin”) (compare Old Welsh Concenn, Middle Welsh Kyngen).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ᚉᚒᚅᚐᚉᚓᚅᚅᚔ (cunacenni) m

  1. a male given name meaning “dog’s head” or “dog’s skin”

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*kʷenno-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
  2. ^ McManus, Damian (1991) A Guide to Ogam (Maynooth Monographs), volume 4, Maynooth: An Sagart, →ISBN, section 6.3, page 102

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