Cathal
English
editEtymology
editProper noun
editCathal
- A male given name from Irish.
Anagrams
editIrish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish Cathal, from Proto-Celtic *Katuwalos (“strong in battle”), cognate with Gaulish Katouualos, Old Welsh Catgual, Welsh Cadwal.[1] Related to Irish cath (“battle”), Proto-Celtic *walos (“prince, chief”), and the -all name suffix in Domhnall and Dónall (“Donald”), and Conall (“Connel”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCathal m (genitive Chathail)
- a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Charles
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Cathal | Chathal | gCathal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
edit- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*walo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 402
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