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Didn't mean anything special. Just saying "Hello, I must be going." I can't speak for Hibernicus, but I plan on sticking around. [obv. etym.] Hibernia as the Latin name for Ireland has an interesting etymology (by Pokorny and probably not undisputed): the Irish word Eriu (whence the modern form Eire) is thought to come from *epi-werio:, gen. *epi-werion-is, (from epi- 'near, upon' and *wer(u) 'to close, shut, cover, protect, save, defend, shelter'), 'island, hill'. Cf. Welsh Ywerddon 'Ireland' from the same word. In Latin there has been some interference from Latin hibernus 'of winter' (cf. Greek cheimerinos and Sanskrit hima 'snow') from *g'hei(e)rinos.
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