ᚇᚒᚋᚓᚂᚔ

Primitive Irish

Etymology

Matasović tentatively suggests a connection with Proto-Celtic *meli (“honey”).[1] Presumably the same name as Dumelus, found in Latin letters in an inscription from Llanddewi Brefi.[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈduβ̃eli/

Proper noun

ᚇᚒᚋᚓᚂᚔ (dumeli) m

  1. a male given name

Quotations

  • “GURAN/1/1”, in Celtic Inscribed Stones Project‎[1], archived from the original on 7 March 2016:
    ᚛ᚇᚒᚋᚓᚂᚔ ᚋᚐᚊᚔ ᚌᚂᚐᚄᚔᚉᚑᚅᚐᚄ ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ ᚉᚑᚁᚏᚐᚅᚑᚏ[···
    dumeli maqi glasiconas niotta cobranor[...
    [the stone of] Dumelias son of Glasicu, nephew of Cobranor[ix]

Derived terms

  • ᚇᚒᚋᚓᚂᚓᚇᚑᚅᚐᚄ (dumeledonas)

References

  1. ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 263
  2. ^ Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, volume I, Dublin: Stationery Office, page 336

Further reading

  • Macalister, R. A. S. (1945) Corpus Inscriptionum Insularum Celticarum, volume I, Dublin: Stationery Office, pages 246–47
  • “Ogham in 3D - National Museum / 252. Gurrane”, in Ogham in 3D‎[2], Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 30 July 2023, retrieved 11 July 2025
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