Where does “Kirkcaldy” come from?

Kirkcaldy is an English place name derived from Scottish Gaelic Cair Chaladain, of uncertain ultimate origin.

Ancestry of “Kirkcaldy”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Scottish Gaelic	Cair Chaladain	—
2	Welsh	caled	hard; battle, hard struggle, distress; hard...
3	Proto-Celtic	kaletos	hard
4	Proto-Indo-European	kal-	hard; beautiful; handsome

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