Family names from the Irish, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Scotch : $b Considered in relation to their etymology, with brief remarks on the history and languages of the peoples to whom we are indebted for their origin

Description

"Tabby's travels" by Lucy Ellen Guernsey is a philological and onomastic reference written in the late 19th century. It investigates the origins and meanings of family names drawn from Irish, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman, and Scotch sources, linking etymology with cultural history and language structure. The work explains sounds, grammar, and derivational patterns before presenting alphabetized surname analyses for general readers and students of language. The opening of this work presents a preface arguing why names deserve serious study, surveying prior scholarship, and listing the author’s primary sources in Irish and Anglo-Saxon studies, while noting the selection is not exhaustive. It then outlines the Indo-European framework and sketches Celtic history in Britain, showing how Celtic place-names persist, before moving into practical “Lessons in Irish” that cover the alphabet, vowel and consonant sounds, diphthongs and triphthongs, aspiration, and common suffixes. Next comes a substantial, alphabetical set of Irish surname derivations (with brief semantic notes), followed by the start of the Anglo-Saxon section, which emphasizes the foundational role of Anglo-Saxon in English and introduces the Jutes, Saxons, and Angles as the peoples who settled Britain. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

• Onomastics
• Names, Personal -- Great Britain
• CS