English
erenagh
Erenagh comes from Old Irish airchinnech ‘head, leader, administrator’, and goes back to Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷenno- ‘extremity, end’.
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*ɸare-kʷenno-‘extremity, end’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900airchinnech‘head, leader, administrator’
- Englishtodayerenagh
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*ɸare-kʷenno-‘extremity, end’reconstructed
- Old Irishc. 600–900airchinnech‘head, leader, administrator’
- Englishtodayerenagh
Every English word from Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷenno-
Today it means
noun The head of a clan occupying church lands under a bishop in Gaelic Ireland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷenno- / erenagh