Where does “spurgall” come from?
spurgall (English) comes from English Gall, from Irish gall, from Irish -án, from Middle Irish -án, from Old Irish -án, from Primitive Irish -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ, from Proto-Celtic *-agnos.
spurgall (English): A place galled or excoriated by use of the spur;...
Definitions
- A place galled or excoriated by use of the spur;...
Ancestry of “spurgall”, step by step
spurgall traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Gall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Gall | or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah |
| 2 | Irish | gall | foreigner; Anglified Irish person; Alternative... |
| 3 | Irish | -án | A suffix used to derive instruments, diminutives,... |
| 4 | Middle Irish | -án | diminutive suffix |
| 5 | Old Irish | -án | diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Primitive Irish | -ᚐᚌᚅᚔ | diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *-agnos | — |
via English Spur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Spur | someone connected with Tottenham Hotspur FC, as a... |
| 2 | Middle English | spure | Alternative form of spore; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | spora | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *spurō | spur |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spurô | spur |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sper- | to fidget, twitch; to push; to be quick; to... |