Etymograph

English

Heslin

Heslin comes from Irish Ó hEislin, and goes back to Ó hEisleanáin ‘descendant of Eisleanán’.

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ hEisleanáin‘descendant of Eisleanán’
  2. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ hEislinreduced form of Ó hEisleanáin
  3. EnglishtodayHeslin

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentÓ hEisleanáin‘descendant of Eisleanán’
  2. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentÓ hEislinreduced form of Ó hEisleanáin
  3. EnglishtodayHeslin

The story

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó hEislin, a reduced form of Irish Ó hEisleanáin (‘descendant of Eisleanán’), a personal name which probably derives from éislinn (‘unsafe, weak’).

Every English word from Irish Ó hEisleanáin

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Irish Ó hEisleanáin / Heslin

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