English
avick
Avick comes from Irish a mhic ‘literally, my son’, from mhic ‘lenited form of mic’, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic *makʷos ‘son’.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makʷos‘son’reconstructed
- Proto-Celtic, derivedc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not tracedvariant of *makʷos
- Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ
- Old Irishc. 600–900macc
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200mac‘son’
- Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘son’
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentmhic‘lenited form of mic’variant of mac
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presenta mhic‘literally, my son’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850avick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*makʷos‘son’reconstructed
- Proto-Celtic, derivedc. 1300–800 BCE*makkʷosroot as named · steps between not tracedvariant of *makʷos
- Primitive Irishmodernᚋᚐᚊᚊᚔ
- Old Irishc. 600–900macc
- Middle Irishc. 900–1200mac‘son’
- Irishc. 1200–presentsame form‘son’
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presentmhic‘lenited form of mic’variant of mac
- Irish, derivedc. 1200–presenta mhic‘literally, my son’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850avick
Earliest quotation: 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “Why, thin, Paddy, avick, it isn't your airly risin',…”
The story
Borrowed from Irish a mhic (‘literally, my son’), from a (‘vocative marker’) + mhic (‘lenited form of mic’), variant of mac (‘son’).
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- ‘to raise, grow’
Today it means
noun A form of address to a male friend or young man.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *makʷos / avick