English

Mahaffey

Mahaffey comes from Irish Mac Dhuibhshíthe ‘son of Dhuibhshíth’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of dubh ‘black’ + síth ‘peace’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘black’

Proto-Celtic *dubus ‘black’

Old Irish dub ‘black’

Irish dubh ‘black’

Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

Proto-Indo-European *sēds

Proto-Celtic *sīdos ‘mound’

Old Irish síd ‘fairy mound’

Middle Irish side ‘fairy hill or mound’

Irish síth ‘peace’

Anglicized form of Irish Mac Dhuibhshíthe (‘son of Dhuibhshíth’), a personal name composed of the elements dubh (‘black’) + síth (‘peace’).

Every English word from Irish Mac Dhuibhshíthe

name A surname from Irish.

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