Where does “Carrick” come from?

Carrick comes from Irish carraig, from Old Irish carrac, meaning rock or stone.

Carrick (English): and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency

Definitions

  1. and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency

Ancestry of “Carrick”, step by step

Carrick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Irish carraig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Irishcarraigrock
2Old Irishcarracrock, large stone
3Old Welshcarreccstone
4Proto-Brythonic*karreg—
5Proto-Celtic*karrikā—
6Proto-Indo-European*kh₂er-—

via Scottish Gaelic carraig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliccarraigrock, crag
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- →Every word from Proto-Celtic *karrikā →Every word from Proto-Brythonic *karreg →