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in reply to a message by ROB TEGGIN
Some thoughts, no conclusions -
i) Tegg is an English surname, an old word for a young sheep. It's assumed to be a metonymic for a shepherd. Some connection.?
ii) Tegan, Teegan, Tagan are English language forms of the Irish surname O Tadhgain. Could this be another?
iii) There is a Cornish surname Chegwin which sounds similar. It is from the Cornish chy gwyn, meaning "white house".
i) Tegg is an English surname, an old word for a young sheep. It's assumed to be a metonymic for a shepherd. Some connection.?
ii) Tegan, Teegan, Tagan are English language forms of the Irish surname O Tadhgain. Could this be another?
iii) There is a Cornish surname Chegwin which sounds similar. It is from the Cornish chy gwyn, meaning "white house".
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ii.) ...and the Irish surname O Tadhgain comes from the Irish first name Tadhg which means "poet" ...
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