Where does “Dougal” come from?
Dougal is an English form of Scottish Gaelic Dubhgall, from Old Irish dubgall.
Ancestry of “Dougal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Scottish Gaelic | Dùghall | — |
| 2 | Scottish Gaelic | Dùbh | Dec December |
| 3 | Old Irish | dub | black; morally dark, dire, gloomy, melancholy;... |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | dubus | black |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |