Where does “Doug” come from?
Doug (English) comes from English Douglas, from Scottish Gaelic glais, from Old Irish glas, from Proto-Celtic glastos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰl̥h₃stós, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.
Ancestry of “Doug”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Douglas | — |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | glais | lock; vocative/genitive singular of glas |
| 3 | Old Irish | glas | green, greenish; blue, green-blue, grey-blue; the... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | glastos | green, blue |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰl̥h₃stós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
Words derived from “Doug”