Re: Irish Name = Erc

From Gaelic Personal Names
Donnchaddh Ó Corráin & Fidelma Maguire
The Academy Press, Dublin, 1981
ISBN 0 906187 39 7

ERCC, ERC: EARC (ark) m and f. meaning either 'specked, dark-red' or
'a salmon'. This is a fairly common name in early pedigrees. There is
a St Erc, bishop of Slane, whose feast-day in 2 November. In th
eFinn-tales, Erc is one of the ladies if the Fian.

Eoin

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Cuadrado" <dicoceltique@...> wrote:
>
> Hello
> someone can give me the etymology about the Irish Name "Erc" ?
>
> 1 - From IE Arg-/Erg- = Shine/White ? < Arganto-
> Celtic Argios = White cf Breton Erc'h and Welsh (Eiry) = snow
> Old Cornique Irch = Snow . Old Irish Arg = Warrior/Hero
> Grec Argos = Shining and Arkhos = Leader
> Persian Arshan = Man
>
>
> 2 - From IE Erk- = Oak < Sky/Heaven?
> Erkunia = forest oak. Erku = Oak = cosmologic tree (?)
>
> Gotic Fairhvus = earth
> Lituanien Perkunas = Storm god
>
> Germanic Furkhon (Pine tree) < Gotic Fairguni (Mountain-Oak Grove) <
> Anglo-Saxon Firgen (Mountain) et Anglish Fir (Pine tree). Old High
> German Fergunna/Foraha < German Föhre (Pine tree). Old Norse Fjqrgyn
> (Land). Lombard Fereah (Kind of oak)
> Grec Erkúnios Drúmos (Hercynia Silua). Latin Quercus (Oak)
> Hindi Pargai (Green oak). Sanskrit Parkati/Paraktah (Fig tree)
>
> Hercuniates people = people who live in Oak grove
> Erkuna ? = Forêt d'Argonne in French = Sylva Arguenneis 967
> Erco-lana = Ercolana (Italie) = Oak plain
> Quarqueni = Venetian people < Illyrian
> *Ercus = Personal name Gallish
> *Erinon = Kind of plante. Written by Pseudo Dioscoride et may-be
> deterioration of de Er(k)inon (little oak)
> *Land-erka = clearing here
> http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/pcl-moe.pdf
>
> Other ?
> Celtic Perkeno < Welsh Perchen = Owner( ?)
>



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Eoin C. Bairéad
Dublin, Ireland
Áth Cliath, Éire