- taitinn
- pleasing, Irish taithneamhach, Middle Irish taitnemach, bright, shining, Early Irish taitnim, I shine, taitnemach, shining, Old Irish taitnem, lucina, light: *taith-tennim, to-aith-tenn, root ten of teine, fire (Windisch). Stokes (Bez.Beit.$$+18, 112), divides taitnem into tait- and nem, Pictish namet, albus.
Etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language. Alexander Gairm Publications. 1982.