Etymograph

English

Kiggins

Kiggins comes from Irish Mac Uiginn ‘son of the Viking’, from Old Norse víkingr ‘a pirate in relation to period piracy:…’, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz.

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīkingazreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350víkingr‘a pirate in relation to period piracy: opportunistic seafaring adventurer out to raid and…’
  3. Middle Irishc. 900–1200ucing
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentuiging‘Viking’
  5. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac Uiginn‘son of the Viking’
  6. EnglishtodayKiggins

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*wīkingazreconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350víkingr‘a pirate in relation to period piracy: opportunistic seafaring adventurer out to raid and…’
  3. Middle Irishc. 900–1200ucing
  4. Irishc. 1200–presentuiging‘Viking’
  5. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac Uiginn‘son of the Viking’
  6. EnglishtodayKiggins

The story

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Uiginn (‘son of the Viking’), from uiging (‘Viking’). The final -s is a redundant patronymic suffix.

Every English word from Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz

Today it means

name A surname from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *wīkingaz / Kiggins

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