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English word origin

Etymology of Ythan

According to Watson (1926), from Pictish, in turn from Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic *Iectona (“the talkative one”), compare Welsh iaith (“language”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

A river in Aberdeenshire council area, north-eastern Scotland, which flows into the North Sea.

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According to Watson (1926), from Pictish, in turn from Proto-Brythonic, Proto-Celtic *Iectona (“the talkative one”), compare Welsh iaith (“language”).

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