English
McNair
McNair comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir ‘son of sallow John’.
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Iain Uidhir‘son of sallow John’
- EnglishtodayMcNair
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Scottish GaelicmodernMac Iain Uidhir‘son of sallow John’
- EnglishtodayMcNair
A compound of Iain ‘John’ + odhar ‘dun’
Proto-Celtic *udros
Old Irish odur ‘dun, greyish-brown’
Middle Irish odor
Scottish Gaelic odhar ‘dun’
Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir
Today it means
name A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Iain Uidhir / McNair