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Cormac = son of raven?
I can't remember now where I saw this, but it seems logical to me. Does anyone know?
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I found this raven-connection only in a book of Bruce Lansky, and as there are tons of mistakes in that book, I would not trust any of the meanings given by him.
Authors who really seem to do some research use to give the same meaning as BtN: Cormac
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It doesn't really make sense. Presumably the person was equating cor or corb with the word for raven found in Corbin or the Scottish word corbie. I take it that's ultimately from the Latin. The problem is that Cormac is a Gaelic name and the mac element is Gaelic. The Irish Gaelic word for raven is fiach, as in the name Fiachra.

This message was edited 11/27/2008, 4:24 AM

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It is possible though that names can have elements of a different origin, like Floribert.
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