O'Cullane

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*kolignos“whelp”
2. Old Irish · derived fromcuilén“pup, cub”
3. Irish · derived fromCoileáin
4. Irish · derived fromÓ Coileáin
5. English todayO'Cullane

Anglicization of Irish Ó Coileáin, derived from Irish Coileáin, itself derived from coileán (“pup, youth, trickster”), Old Irish cuilén (“pup, cub”), from Proto-Celtic *kolignos (“whelp”), possibly of non-Indo-European origin.

Words from the same roots