Etymograph

English

MacLeod

MacLeod comes from Scottish Gaelic MacLeòid ‘son of Leòd’, from Old Norse Liótr ‘the Ugly (one)’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewd- ‘to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewd-‘to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*leutaz‘deceitful, deceptive’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350ljótr‘ugly, scary’
  4. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350Liótr‘the Ugly (one)’
  5. Scottish GaelicmodernMacLeòid‘son of Leòd’
  6. EnglishtodayMacLeod

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lewd-‘to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*leutaz‘deceitful, deceptive’reconstructed
  3. Old Norsec. 800–1350ljótr‘ugly, scary’
  4. Old Norse, derivedc. 800–1350Liótr‘the Ugly (one)’
  5. Scottish GaelicmodernMacLeòid‘son of Leòd’
  6. EnglishtodayMacLeod

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *lewd- ‘to duck, crouch, feign, cringe, become small’

little, lit, lout

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *lewd- / MacLeod

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