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Ivernic

Ivernic proper noun: an extinct Celtic language mentioned in the Sanas Cormaic (as Iarnnbērlæ), assumed by some to have been spoken by the Iverni, and said by Cormac mac Cuilennáin to be the source of Old Irish ond (“stone”) and fern (“anything good”).

Proper noun

Ivernic

  1. An extinct Celtic language mentioned in the Sanas Cormaic (as Iarnnbērlæ), assumed by some to have been spoken by the Iverni, and said by Cormac mac Cuilennáin to be the source of Old Irish ond (“stone”) and fern (“anything good”).

Origin of Ivernic

From the assumption (by T. F. O'Rahilly) that this was the language of the Iverni. In the 9th century Sanas Cormaic it is called Iarnnbērlæ (modern Irish Iarmbélre), where the first element Iarnn- is taken to mean "iron" but may have originally been related to Iverni.

Questions about Ivernic

What does Ivernic mean?
Ivernic means an extinct Celtic language mentioned in the Sanas Cormaic (as Iarnnbērlæ), assumed by some to have been spoken by the Iverni, and said by Cormac mac Cuilennáin to be the source of Old Irish ond (“stone”) and fern (“anything good”).
What part of speech is Ivernic?
Ivernic is a proper noun.

Words near Ivernic in the dictionary

  1. Iverian
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  3. ivermectins
  4. Ivernia
  5. Ivernian
  6. Ivernic
  7. Iverson
  8. Iverson bracket
  9. Iverson brackets
  10. Iversons
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