English
Slavin
Slavin comes from Irish Ó Sléibhín ‘descendant of Sléibhín’.
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Sléibhín‘descendant of Sléibhín’
- EnglishtodaySlavin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Irishc. 1200–presentÓ Sléibhín‘descendant of Sléibhín’
- EnglishtodaySlavin
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sley- ‘to smear’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Irish Ó Sléibhín / Slavin