Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Daughter, in my words

meghin : daughter

The Fennas word for daughter is meghin. Meghin is an unusual feminine first name. Meghin is a very rare last name.

How did I come up with this word? Jackie helped me make this word. The Welsh word for daughter is merch, the Irish word for daughter is iníon, the Breton word for daugther is merc'h, and the Cornish word for daughter is myrgh. In addition, the Scottish Gaelic word for daughter is nighean, and Manx word for daughter is inneen.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

Son, in my words

camb : son

The Fennas word for son is camb. Camb is a unusual last name. Camb is a rare usually masculine first name. In Old English camb means comb. Camb. is an abbreviation for Cambridge.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh, Breton and Cornish word for son is mab, and the Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx word for son is mac.

For this word, I didn't have much to work with so I scrambled the letters a bit.

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Father, in my words

tadhir : father

The Fennas word for father is tadhir. Similar tadbir is an Arabic and South Asian term that seems to mean planning, governance. Similar Tadhi is the name of a place in the Solomon Islands.

How did I come up with this word? The Welsh and Breton word for father is tad, the Irish (and Scottish Gaelic) word for father is athair, and the Cornish word for father is tas. In addition, the Manx word for father is ayr.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Mother, in my words

mairam : mother

The Fennas word for mother is mairam. Mairam is a rare to unusual feminine first name. Mairam is a rare last name. Similar is Mai Ram (or MaiRam) Yoga. Dan Mairam is the name of a place in Niger.

How did I come up with this word? Jackie helped me make this word. The Welsh word for mother is mam, the Irish word for mother is máthair, and the Breton and the Cornish words for mother are mamm. In addition, the Manx word for mother is moir.