Surname · also Irish
Blackadder
“length”
Blackadder is a surname, possibly from Irish (ultimately Proto-Brythonic).
Meaning & origin
What it means
Blackadder possibly goes back to Irish fad, meaning “length.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Blackadder possibly comes from Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Brythonic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
Possibly from Irish fad (“length”), from Proto-Indo-European *wasdʰos (“long; wide”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewbʰ- (“deep”), from Old English ǣdre (“channel for liquids; river; (anatomy) artery or vein; sinew”), from Proto-Germanic *ēþrǭ (“rivulet; (anatomy) vein”), from Proto-Brythonic *ador, from Proto-Indo-European *hₐet- (“to go”), built from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁t- (“breath; to breathe”) + *-r̥.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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