Etymograph

English

Strontian

Strontian comes from Scottish Gaelic Sròn.

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernSròn
  2. EnglishtodayStrontian

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Scottish GaelicmodernSròn
  2. EnglishtodayStrontian

The story

Place name is from Scottish Gaelic Sròn an t-Sìthein, "nose of the fairy hill", said to be inhabited by the mythological sìdhe.

Every English word from Scottish Gaelic Sròn

Today it means

name A small village in Highland council area, Scotland, that gives its name to the element strontium and the mineral strontianite which were discovered there (OS grid ref NM8161).

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

Etymograph / Scottish Gaelic Sròn / Strontian

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