Etymograph

English

McNiff

McNiff comes from Scottish Gaelic Mac Conduibh.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Conduibh
  2. EnglishtodayMcNiff

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernMac Conduibh
  2. EnglishtodayMcNiff

The story

Anglicized form of Irish and Scottish Gaelic Mac Conduibh, a patronymic from the personal name Cú Dhubh, composed of the elements cú (‘hound’) + dubh (‘black’).

Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Mac Conduibh

Today it means

name A surname.

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Mac Conduibh / McNiff

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