ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *Weikorīxs (whence also Latin Vēcorīx, rendering a Gaulish name).[1] Matasović, on the other hand, considers the first element to be *wekʷos (“speech, face”),[2] in which case the e is short and this name is not the source of Old Irish Fíachrai.

The syncope of the original second syllable as well as the use of the letter ᚊ (q) rather than ᚉ (c) to represent /x/ indicate that this is a late form, dating probably from the late sixth or early seventh century C.E..[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʍeːxrex/

Proper noun

ᚃᚓᚊᚏᚓᚊ (veqreq) m

  1. a male given name meaning “fighting king”

Descendants

  • Old Irish: Fíachrai
    • Middle Irish: Fíachra
      • Irish: Fiachra

References

  1. ^ Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 98
  2. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 409
  3. ^ “Ogham in 3D - National Museum / 118. Monataggart I”, in Ogham in 3D‎[1], Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 30 July 2023, retrieved 13 July 2025

Further reading

  • Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, volume I, Dublin: Stationery Office, pages 116–118
  • Ziegler, Sabine (1994) Alfred Bammesberger and Günter Neumann, editors, Die Sprache der altirischen Ogam-Inschriften [The language of the Old Irish Ogham inscriptions] (Historische Sprachforschung; Ergänzungsheft 36) (in German), Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →ISBN, page 246
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