ᚔᚅᚓᚊᚐᚌᚂᚐᚄ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *enīkʷom (“face”) + *glastos (“green, blue”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈinexʷaɣlas/

Proper noun

ᚔᚅᚓᚊᚐᚌᚂᚐᚄ (ineqaglas) m

  1. a male given name meaning “green-faced”

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: Enechglas
    • ⇒ Irish: Uí Eineachghlais

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*enekʷo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 115

Further reading

  • Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, volume I, Dublin: Stationery Office, pages 45–46
  • “Ogham in 3D - National Museum / 40. Painestown”, in Ogham in 3D‎[1], Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 30 July 2023, retrieved 12 July 2025
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