Etymograph

English

Lughnasadh

Lughnasadh comes from Irish Lughnasadh ‘superseded spelling of Lúnasa’, and goes back to Old Irish Lugnasad.

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Lugnasad
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentLughnasadh‘superseded spelling of Lúnasa’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1998same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Irishc. 600–900Lugnasad
  2. Irishc. 1200–presentLughnasadh‘superseded spelling of Lúnasa’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1998same form

Earliest quotation: 1998, Kelly Ann McMillin, Seasons of Time: “The Celtic people of Ireland viewed they year in…”

Every English word from Old Irish Lugnasad

Today it means

name A Gaelic/Celtic holiday celebrated on the full moon nearest the midpoint between the summer solstice and autumnal equinox, during the time of the harvesting.

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Etymograph / Old Irish Lugnasad / Lughnasadh

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