Etymograph

English

Lunan

Formerly Inuerlunan, equivalent to Scottish Gaelic inbhir (“estuary”) + Lunan Water.

Formed from Luna + an

Proto-Indo-European *lewk- ‘bright’

Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂ ‘moon’

Proto-Italic *louksnā ‘moon’

Latin lūna ‘moon’

English Luna

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

Proto-Germanic *ainaz ‘one’

Proto-West Germanic *ain ‘one’

Old English ān ‘a’

Middle English an ‘a’

English an

The story

The river-name itself is, per King (2007), from a Pictish reflex of Proto-Celtic *loukos (‘shining, white’).

Today it means

name A coastal hamlet in Angus council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO6851).

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

Etymograph / Lunan