Etymograph

English

Erc

Erc comes from Old Irish Erc.

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Erc
  2. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Erc
  2. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From Old Irish Erc (modern Irish Earc), a word for which the electronic Dictionary of the Irish language gives several meanings, but the most likely meaning for the name is "spotted, speckled, motley," from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (‘perch’), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (‘colored’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- ‘colored’

pork, porcelain, farrow, furlong, furrow, porpoise, perch, porcine, porcini, 11 more

Today it means

name A member of the conspiracy that killed Cúchulainn, but was killed by his second cousin Conall the Victorious. Son of Cairbre Nia Fer and brother of Achall.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old Irish Erc / Erc

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