Ἰέρνη
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Primitive Irish *īweriyū and its genitive *īweriyonah (whence probably Éire, see there), from Proto-Celtic *φīweriyū.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /iː.ér.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /iˈer.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /iˈer.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /iˈer.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /iˈer.ni/
Proper noun
Ῑ̓έρνη • (Īérnē) f (genitive Ῑ̓έρνης); first declension
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Ιερνή (Ierní) (archaic)
- The modern Greek name is Ιρλανδία (Irlandía), which derives from English and Anglo-Latin.
- Latin: Īernē
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,014