The story
- Irish · derived fromÓ Proinntigh“descendant of Proinnteach”
- English todayPrunty
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Proinntigh (“descendant of Proinnteach”), a nickname for a generous person composed of the elements proinn (“meal; banquet”) and teach (“house”).
Words from the same roots
IrishÓ Proinntigh all →
Brontë
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.