Etymology

Kirkintilloch

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Today it means: A town in East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6573). Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Cair Cheann Tulaich ← Scots kirk
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The story

  1. Scots · derived fromkirk“church”
  2. Scottish Gaelic · derived fromCair Cheann Tulaich
  3. English todayKirkintilloch

From Scottish Gaelic Cair Cheann Tulaich, in turn probably derived from a Cumbric name with the elements equivalent to Welsh caer (“fort”) + pen (“head, summit”) + tal (“brow”) + the suffix -og. The initial element was replaced by Scots kirk (“church”).

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