Message: "But the site is wrong - Tegan is a Welsh name, pronounciation and origin as given above - perhaps time for Mike C to make an addition? nt"

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But the site is wrong - Tegan is a Welsh name, pronounciation and origin as given above - perhaps time for Mike C to make an addition? nt

by Merriment ap Calonycythraul (guest)

1/12/2003, 1:57 PM

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- raindancing (guest) +2

1/12/2003, 5:33 PM

One of my books lists
Tegan -from the Celtic,`doe`

- Merriment (guest) +1

1/13/2003, 6:20 PM

Your book is wrong

The Welsh for doe is 'ewig'. There is a Welsh word 'tegan' meaning toy, trinket, but this derives from the original element teg - e.g. it comes from the same root as the name, but is not the same as the name.

- raindancing (guest)

1/17/2003, 7:09 PM

Thanks for the information :)

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