Talk:leprechaun

I have heard this used to mean a very short man. Not even on UrbanDictionary though, maybe it was just a one-off made-up use since people would know from context what he meant. Soap (talk) 03:34, 11 October 2015 (UTC)


 * Pre-capitalist definition from Chambers 1908, before people only cared about money: "a small-sized brownie who helps Irish housewives, mends shoes, grinds meal, etc." Equinox ◑ 07:34, 16 October 2017 (UTC)

Latin origin?
eDIL suggests that is from Latin. --Caoimhin (talk) 14:11, 19 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, and though I've seen the luchorpan theory before, it would be unusual for it to start with /k..p/, switch to /p..k/, and then revert to /k..p/ in the modern language.    If the Lupercī origin is correct,   the words with swapped consonants would have just been variants all along. — Soap — 23:13, 9 November 2021 (UTC)