Ythan

See also: yþan

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Ythan

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

Derived terms

• Inverythan