The story
According to Watson (1926), from Pictish, in turn from Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic *Iectona (“the talkative one”), compare Welsh iaith (“language”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ythan
Today it means: A river in Aberdeenshire council area, north-eastern Scotland, which flows into the North Sea. Full definition →