Etymology

erenagh

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Today it means: The head of a clan occupying church lands under a bishop in Gaelic Ireland. Full definition →

Old Irish airchinnech ← Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷenno-
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*ɸare-kʷenno-“extremity, end”
  2. Old Irish · borrowed fromairchinnech
  3. English todayerenagh

Borrowed from Old Irish airchinnech, from Proto-Celtic *ɸare-kʷenno- (“extremity, end”); see *kʷennom (“head”).

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