Given name · also Primitive Irish

Dubthach

“black”

Dubthach is a masculine given name from Primitive Irish, ultimately from Proto-Celtic. It is used in Old Irish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Dubthach goes back to Proto-Celtic *dubus, meaning “black.”

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Where it comes from

Dubthach comes from Primitive Irish, and ultimately from Proto-Celtic.

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How it developed

From Proto-Celtic *dubus (“black”).

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Dubthach’s family of names

In Old Irish usage, Dubthach has a later derivative in Dufþakur.

Walk Dubthach’s family in the name graph

DubthachDufþakrDufþakur

The ring: across languages.

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Primitive Irish

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Irish or Scottish Gaelic · Saints

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“prince/chief of the world”

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Sibling ideas

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