English
McIlwrick
McIlwrick comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Riabhaich ‘son of the brindled lad’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Gille Riabhaich‘son of the brindled lad’
- EnglishtodayMcIlwrick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Gille Riabhaich‘son of the brindled lad’
- EnglishtodayMcIlwrick
A compound of gille ‘lad’ + riabhach ‘brindled, speckled’
Proto-Germanic *geldaną ‘to pay, have value’
Proto-Germanic *gildiz ‘valuable, wholesome, precious’
Old Norse gildr ‘brawny, stout, of full value’
Middle Irish gilla ‘youth (young man)’
Scottish Gaelic gille ‘lad’
Proto-Celtic *reibākos
Middle Irish ríabach
Scottish Gaelic riabhach ‘brindled, speckled’
The story
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Riabhaich (‘son of the brindled lad’), from gille (‘lad’) and riabhach (‘brindled, speckled’).
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Riabhaich
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Riabhaich / McIlwrick