English
Prunty
Prunty comes from Irish Ó Proinntigh ‘descendant of Proinnteach’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Proinntigh‘descendant of Proinnteach’
- EnglishtodayPrunty
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Proinntigh‘descendant of Proinnteach’
- EnglishtodayPrunty
A compound of proinn ‘meal’ + teach ‘house’
Proto-Italic *prāmo-(e)d-yom
Latin prandium ‘any meal’
Old Irish proind
Irish proinn ‘meal’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tég-os ‘cover, roof’
Proto-Celtic *tegos ‘house, dwelling’
Old Irish tech ‘house’
Irish teach ‘house’
The story
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh (‘descendant of Proinnteach’), a nickname for a generous person composed of the elements proinn (‘meal; banquet’) and teach (‘house’).
Every English word from Irish Ó Proinntigh
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó Proinntigh / Prunty