Given name
ᚓᚏᚉᚐ
ᚓᚏᚉᚐ is used as a given name. One interpretation is “speckled animal (fish, cow, lizard, salamander etc.).”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “speckled animal (fish, cow, lizard, salamander etc.).”
Where it comes from
ᚓᚏᚉᚐ comes from Proto-Celtic, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“colored, speckled”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
ᚓᚏᚉᚐ’s family of names
In Primitive Irish usage, ᚓᚏᚉᚐ can be written in the Roman alphabet as ERCA. In Primitive Irish usage, ᚓᚏᚉᚐ has a related form in ᚓᚏᚉ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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