English
Isles of Scilly
Isles of Scilly comes from Cornish Syllan.
- CornishmodernSyllandisputed
- EnglishtodayIsles of Scilly
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- CornishmodernSyllandisputed
- EnglishtodayIsles of Scilly
The story
From Cornish Syllan, from British Latin (Insulae) Sillinae, Silina, Siluruni, found in Ancient Greek as Σίλυρες (Sílures), Σύρινες (Súrines), of uncertain origin, but suggested by some to be from solis insulae (‘isles of the sun’).disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.
Every English word from Cornish Syllan
Today it means
name An archipelago off the coast of Cornwall, in southwestern England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Cornish Syllan / Isles of Scilly