Etymograph

English

McInturff

McInturff comes from Irish Mac an Tairbh ‘son of the bull’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *ṯawr-.

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ṯawr-‘bull, ox’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*táwros‘bull’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*tarwos‘bull’reconstructed
  4. Old Irishc. 600–900tarb‘bull’
  5. Irishc. 1200–presenttarbh‘bull’
  6. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac an Tairbh‘son of the bull’
  7. EnglishtodayMcInturff

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ṯawr-‘bull, ox’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*táwros‘bull’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*tarwos‘bull’reconstructed
  4. Old Irishc. 600–900tarb‘bull’
  5. Irishc. 1200–presenttarbh‘bull’
  6. Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentMac an Tairbh‘son of the bull’
  7. EnglishtodayMcInturff

The story

Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac an Tairbh (‘son of the bull’), from tarbh (‘bull’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *táwros ‘bull’

taurine, 8 more

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *ṯawr- / McInturff

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