ABSTRACT
Secondly, the Pictish kings, of whom we have a list, had Welsh names, such as Mrelchon 3 and Drust. 4 Some of their names can actually be contrasted with Irish forms. One king is called Wurgust, which is Uorgost, Uurgost, Gurgost in Old Breton, and Gwrgwst in Welsh, while the Irish equivalent is Fergus. It means "superior choice". The first part of the word is u[p ]per. The initial vowel, becoming a consonant in both families of languages, tended towards f in Goidelic and to g in Brythonic.
