English
McDougall
McDougall comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill ‘son of Dubhghall’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Dubhghaill‘son of Dubhghall’
- EnglishtodayMcDougall
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Dubhghaill‘son of Dubhghall’
- EnglishtodayMcDougall
A compound of dubh ‘black’ + Gall ‘stranger’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- ‘black’
Proto-Celtic *dubus ‘black’
Old Irish dub ‘black’
Scottish Gaelic dubh ‘black’
Proto-Indo-European *gelH- ‘naked’
Proto-Celtic *galnati ‘to be able’
Latin Gallus ‘a Gaul’
Old Irish Gall ‘a Gaul’
Scottish Gaelic Gall ‘stranger’
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Dubhghaill / McDougall