English
Tír na nÓg
Tír na nÓg comes from Old Irish Tír inna nÓc.
- Old Irishc. 600–900Tír inna nÓc
- Irishc. 1200–presentTír na nÓgliterally ‘land of the young’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Irishc. 600–900Tír inna nÓc
- Irishc. 1200–presentTír na nÓgliterally ‘land of the young’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013same form
Earliest quotation: 2013, John Jacob English, Fragile Blue: “In the old Irish folklore, this is a land…”
The story
Borrowed from Irish Tír na nÓg (literally “land of the young”), from Old Irish Tír inna nÓc.
Every English word from Old Irish Tír inna nÓc
Today it means
name The Land of (eternal) Youth; one of the names for the Celtic otherworld (or possibly a part thereof).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Irish Tír inna nÓc / Tír na nÓg