The Irish Gaelic word for citizen is saoránach. Does anybody know the etymology of this?
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The Irish Gaelic word for citizen is saoránach. Does anybody know the etymology of this?
@Brennus perhaps?
I'm afraid I am no linguist. Just an archaeologist. Sorry.
saor is the gaelic word for free so essentially it would be like saying free person or free man
best place to ask for a proper etymology might be boards.ie
you can try the etymology thread I suppose http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=848
or here on this other one i quickly googled for ye dunno anything about it though http://www.daltai.com/index.php/about-us/
thats as much help as I can give ye as linguistics and etymology of words would be a bit beyond me
Thank you. gaelic cowboy. Another question, not about Irish/Celtic this time, but...does anybody know where the first mentions of the Franks can actually be found. In other words the earliest contemporary source for them?
The Augustan History in the Life of Aurelian.
Quote:
Mille Sarmatas, mille Francos semel et semel occidimus;
Mille Persas quaerimus.
Thank you very much for that. Brilliant. :yes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Catiline
El Bumpo.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gaius Sempronius Gracchus
I have checked in a Scottish Gaelic dictionary.
You should see the connotation:
saoranach
** -aich, sm Free man, freed man, independant man, burgess, citizen, denizen.
(of course, that's in the nominative)
Independent/burgess/free(d) man. I guess the word originally meant the top class of legal status when social strata were defined by how (un) free you were, back in feudal times.