Etymology

Abernethy

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Today it means: A village in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO1816). Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *aber
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  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*aber
  2. English todayAbernethy

The first part of the name, Aber, is thought to be a Pictish word meaning "confluence," from Proto-Brythonic *aber + the name Nethy, a river in Scotland.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.