Etymology

Keith

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Today it means: A Scottish surname. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Cèith ← Pictish *ᚉᚓᚈ ← Proto-Brythonic *koɨd
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The story

  1. Middle High German · derived fromkit“sprout, offspring”
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*koɨd
  3. Pictish · derived from*ᚉᚓᚈ
  4. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromCèith
  5. English todayKeith

* As a Scottish surname, from the placename in Moray, Scotland, from Scottish Gaelic Cèith, meaning "wood" or "from the battleground," which is probably borrowed from Pictish *ᚉᚓᚈ (cēt) meaning "wood", or a forest, from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd. * As a German surname, from Middle High German kit (“sprout, offspring”); compare Middle High German kint.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Brythonic*koɨd all →

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