English Explanatory Dictionary

Ythan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Ythan

Etymology

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

Derived words

Inverythan
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