Cillian

Alemannic German edit

Etymology edit

From Latin Caeciliānus.

Proper noun edit

Cillian m

(Uri) a male given name from Latin

References edit

Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 11.

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Cillín

Etymology edit

Irish saint's name, possibly derived from ceallach (“strife”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, strike”)) or ceall (“monastery, church”).

Pronunciation edit

(Munster) IPA^(key): /cɪˈlʲiən̪ˠ/
(Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɪl̠ʲiənˠ/

Proper noun edit

Cillian m (genitive Cillian)

a male given name

Descendants edit

→ English: Killian, Kilian, Cillian
→ German: Kilian
→ Icelandic: Kiljan, Kilían
→ Swedish: Kilian

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cillian	Chillian	gCillian
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.