English
Sligo
Sligo comes from Irish slige ‘shell’, from Proto-Celtic *sligeti ‘to strike, hew’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ- ‘to smear’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sleyǵ-‘to smear’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*sligeti‘to strike, hew’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900slice‘shell’
- Irishc. 1200–presentslige‘shell’
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentSligeachliterally ‘abounding in shells’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Sligo
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sleyǵ-‘to smear’reconstructed
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*sligeti‘to strike, hew’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900slice‘shell’
- Irishc. 1200–presentslige‘shell’
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentSligeachliterally ‘abounding in shells’
- Englishearliest quotation 2018Sligo
Earliest quotation: 2018, Sally Rooney, Three Months Later (November 2011): “In the Workmans the other night, Connell told a…”
Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ-
Today it means
name A county of Ireland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sleyǵ- / Sligo