Etymology

argyll

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Today it means: A former county of Scotland, now incorporated into Argyll and Bute. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Earra-Ghàidhea ← Old Irish Goídel ← Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðe
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The story

  1. Middle Irisherr
  2. Scottish Gaelicearra
  3. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁weydʰh₁-
  7. Proto-Celtic*weidus
  8. Proto-Celtic*weidelos
  9. Proto-Brythonic*guɨðel
  10. Proto-Brythonic*Guɨðe
  11. Old IrishGoídel
  12. Scottish GaelicGàidheal
  13. Scottish GaelicEarra-Ghàidhea
  14. English todayArgyll

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic Earra-Ghàidheal (“land of the Gaels”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.