I'm feeling Scottish today.

[saffronhare]

This one's for the Celts -- a language form question.

In the old forms, wasn't the prefix "nic" used to mean daughter of? It came to me on this morning's drive that my nickname, combined with my maiden name, is Nic Beaton...meaning, possibly, daughter of Beaton. Which is pretty darn funny.

Or not. :)

Note to self: Still need to find a Scottish or Celtic kind of userpic to use. But this one really works fine for now.

ETA: New Scottish userpic, thanks to the mad GIMP skillz of fionnabhar and a base from crinkly_things.

Comments

[fionnabhar.livejournal.com]

Yep, but it should by all rights be your mother's name. :-)

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Ah. I figured I didn't quite have it right. Thanks! Still, funneh.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Yes, 'nic' is daughter of, the feminine form of mac. When the clans became big, all those within the clan became a 'son of' the clan, thus MacPherson, MacDonald, MacGregor, etc. Mac was son of, meic/mhic was 'grandson of'.

I think inghean was granddaughter of, but I just now realized you were referring to your first name. Heh... I'll stop now.

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

btw,
http://community.livejournal.com/celtic_icons/profile

I haven't ganked any from there yet, but none really spoke to me. 8-)

[diermuid.livejournal.com]

Nic Nonny!

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

Um. Nic Costello, I guess. Doesn't work so great, because Mom is Irish.