English
Shanley
Shanley comes from Irish Mac Seanlaoich ‘son of Seanlaoch’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Seanlaoich‘son of Seanlaoch’
- EnglishtodayShanley
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentMac Seanlaoich‘son of Seanlaoch’
- EnglishtodayShanley
A compound of sean ‘old’ + laoch ‘hero, champion’
Proto-Indo-European *sénos ‘old’
Proto-Celtic *senos ‘old’
Old Irish sen ‘old’
Irish sean ‘old’
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- ‘military action’
Proto-Indo-European *leh₂wos ‘people (under arms)’
Proto-Hellenic *lāwós ‘people, crowd’
Ancient Greek λᾱός ‘the people’
Ancient Greek λᾱϊκός ‘of the people’
Late Latin lāicus ‘lay, layman, laic’
Old Irish láech ‘warrior, layman’
Irish laoch ‘hero, champion’
The story
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Mac Seanlaoich (‘son of Seanlaoch’), a personal name composed of the elements sean (‘old’) + laoch (‘hero, champion’).
Every English word from Irish Mac Seanlaoich
Today it means
name A surname from Irish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Mac Seanlaoich / Shanley