English
McCarrick
McCarrick comes from Irish Mac Con Charraige ‘son of the hound of the rock’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Con Charraige‘son of the hound of the rock’
- EnglishtodayMcCarrick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Con Charraige‘son of the hound of the rock’
- EnglishtodayMcCarrick
A compound of cú ‘hound’ + carraig ‘rock’
Proto-Indo-European *peḱ- ‘livestock’
Proto-Indo-European *péḱu ‘livestock’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ ‘dog’
Proto-Celtic *kū ‘dog’
Old Irish cú ‘dog, hound’
Irish cú ‘hound’
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- ‘hard’
Proto-Celtic *karrikā
Proto-Brythonic *karreg
Middle Irish carrac ‘rock, large stone’
Irish carraig ‘rock’
Every English word from Irish Mac Con Charraige
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Mac Con Charraige / McCarrick