Etymograph

English

Teagan

Teagan comes from Welsh tegan ‘pet, darling’, from teg ‘fair, pretty’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tenk ‘to be suitable’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenk‘to be suitable’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*tekos‘fair, beautiful’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*tegreconstructed
  4. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500teg
  5. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘fair, pretty’
  6. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presenttegan‘pet, darling’
  7. EnglishtodayTeagan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tenk‘to be suitable’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*tekos‘fair, beautiful’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*tegreconstructed
  4. Middle Welshc. 1150–1500teg
  5. Welshc. 1500–presentsame form‘fair, pretty’
  6. Welsh, derivedc. 1500–presenttegan‘pet, darling’
  7. EnglishtodayTeagan

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *tenk

Today it means

name A male given name from Irish.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tenk / Teagan

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