Nechtan

English

Etymology

Ultimately from the Pictish[1] ᚅᚓᚆᚆᚈᚑᚅᚅ (nehhtonn).

Pronunciation

(in dialects without the lock–loch merger) IPA^(key): /nɛx.tæn/, /nɛx.tɑn/
(in dialects with the lock–loch merger) IPA^(key): /nɛk.tæn/, /nɛk.tɑn/

Proper noun

Nechtan

(rare) A male given name from Pictish.
- 2007, William Clinkenbeard, Writers at Bay: A Collection of Short Stories, →ISBN, page 183:
  One of the Druids took him to see Nechtan, as one of Nechtan’s roles was to check newcomers’ suitability for entrance to the College.

References

Sidney Lee, Dictionary of National Biography, volume 40 (1894), page 152, entry “Nechtan”

Further reading

Nechtan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

enchant

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