Etymology

Perth

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Today it means: A city in Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland, historically in Perthshire. Full definition →

Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ
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  1. Pictish · derived from*ᚚᚓᚏᚈ
  2. English todayPerth

From Pictish *ᚚᚓᚏᚈ (pert) meaning “wood, copse, thicket”, related to Welsh perth and perhaps Proto-Celtic *kʷerxtā (from Proto-Indo-European *pérkʷus (“oak”).

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