De-Anglicisation of Names

[slohairt]

Yes the local suspicions are that Tullahoma is of Am. Indian possibly of Cherokee or another Indian Nation. I just thought with the connection to
one of it's founders there might be a bit of Irish to it (long shot). We are on the Highland Rim of the Cumberland plateau. Tullahoma is a bit higher then the surrounding areas and it drops off on West side.

As for Leatherwood, is there any Welsh words (or celtic or gaelic) that may have been Anglicized that could have been miss-interpreted as Leatherwood?

I'm fascinated by word origins but Gaelic is such a unique language. The American English language has so many words that originate from other languages. But I don't know of any words we use that originate from Gaelic. Perhaps that is why it seem so difficult for me to learn.

Thank you so much for this thread.

Unfortunately, my knowledge of Welsh is rather limited. I only studied it briefly at school. I studied Irish, Scottish Gaelic (briefly), and Welsh (briefly). I wouldn't say the Gaelic languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx) are terribly unique. There are grammatical features it shares with French and other Romance languages in relation to word order, and there are a number of loan words found within the Gaelic languages derived from Norman-French, Norse, and English. It is still an Indo-European language. It just belongs to a different branch (Celtic) than English does (Germanic). I would say a truly unique European language would be something like Basque.

There are a few English words derived from the Gaelic languages: whisk(e)y, bog, bard, banshee, brogue, slogan, galore, clan, keen (the sound), slew, and trousers are some I can think of.

Sláinte!

[TatterDel]

Unfortunately, my knowledge of Welsh is rather limited. I only studied it briefly at school. I studied Irish, Scottish Gaelic (briefly), and Welsh (briefly).
Sláinte!

WOW! Where did you study? What school? How amazing to have such an opportunity!
I know there is a Gaelic school in Nova Scotia, Canada. They also have a number of music classes there, i.e. pipping, harp...
I would love to send my husband there some day. Maybe when I become independently wealthy (hey, a girl can dream).

Thank you again for so much help. I was wondering which dictionary you used?
I had found the words on http://www.ceantar.org/Dicts/search.html using MacBain's and Mac Farlane's dictionaries as I do not own a book.
MacFarlane's said:
"aidmheil
nf. pl.+ean, faith, religion, confession
leabhar aidmheil a' chreidimh
the book of the Confession of faith"
Not quite what I was looking for. I meant spiritual belief-faith/ trusting in God- faith.
"miadh
nm.ind. honour, esteem, respect, demand
mòralachd
nf.ind. greatness, majesty, honour"
I guess I should have used miadh according to this.

"meanmna
nm. g.v. +idh, spirit, mettle, magnanimity, bravery, courage
misneach
nm. g.v. -ich, courage, fortitude, spirit"
But here, I was referring to the courage and fortitude of the spirit.

I hope that clarifies things for others following this thread. I'm still not sure how I should correct my signature so it reads better.

[slohairt]

I took Celtic Studies at UCD, Dublin, Ireland many years ago. Also, my command of Irish is certainly not as great as it may appear. A hodge-podge of differing instructions in the three main dialects, parents who are reluctant to use the language, and a general lack of anyone to converse with has resulted in my Irish stagnating over the past decade. I still have a relatively good vocabulary, but my grammatical and conversational skills are very rusty.

The Scottish Gaelic dictionary I used was Edward Dwelly's. A bit antiquated, I suppose but it's the one I used in school. I believe they publish reprints of it every few years so it shouldn't be hard to find. If one wanted to learn to speak, read, and write modern Scottish Gaelic I wouldn't recommend it.