English
Garvey
Garvey comes from Irish Ó Gairbhshíth ‘descendant of Gairbhshíth’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Gairbhshíth‘descendant of Gairbhshíth’
- EnglishtodayGarvey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Gairbhshíth‘descendant of Gairbhshíth’
- EnglishtodayGarvey
A compound of garbh ‘rough, cruel’ + síth ‘peace’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- ‘to bristle’
Proto-Celtic *garwos ‘coarse, rough’
Middle Irish garb
Irish garbh ‘rough, cruel’
Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
Proto-Indo-European *sēds
Proto-Celtic *sīdos ‘mound’
Old Irish síd ‘fairy mound’
Middle Irish side ‘fairy hill or mound’
Irish síth ‘peace’
The story
Reduced form of Irish Ó Gairbhshíth (‘descendant of Gairbhshíth’), a personal name composed of the elements garbh (‘rough, cruel’) and síth (‘peace’).
Every English word from Irish Ó Gairbhshíth
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó Gairbhshíth / Garvey