Alasdair

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Alaxander, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), from ἀλέξω (aléxō, “I defend”) + ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”).

Proper noun

Alasdair m

  1. A male given name, Scottish Gaelic equivalent of Alexander.

Descendants

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
Alasdairn-Alasdairh-Alasdairt-Alasdair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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