Etymograph

English

Looneyville

From Looney + -ville.

Formed from Looney + -ville

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘to shine’

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Proto-Celtic *louxsnos

Old Irish lúan ‘Monday’

Middle Irish lúan ‘light, warrior's halo, warrior’

Irish Ó Luanaigh ‘descendant of Luanach’

English Looney

Today it means

name A hamlet of Lancaster, New York.

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

Etymograph / Looneyville