Etymograph

English

Shinkin-ap-Morgan

Shinkin-ap-Morgan comes from English ap ‘son of’.

  1. English1500–presentap‘son of’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1660–1663Shinkin-ap-Morgan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentap‘son of’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1660–1663Shinkin-ap-Morgan

Earliest quotation: c. 1660–1663, A Begger I'll Be: “With Shinkin-ap-Morgan, with Blue-cap, or Teague, / We into…”

Today it means

noun A nickname for a Welshman.

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

Etymograph / English ap / Shinkin-ap-Morgan