Etymology

Brigid

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Today it means: The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Full definition →

Irish Brighid ← Old Irish Brigit ← Proto-Celtic *Brigantī
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Brigantī“high, exalted”
  2. Old Irish · derived fromBrigit
  3. Irish · borrowed fromBrighid
  4. English todayBrigid

From Irish Brighid, from Old Irish Brigit, from Proto-Celtic *Brigantī (“high, exalted”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Celtic*Brigantī all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.