'''[[Grian]]''' is the name of an Irish figure, presumed to be a pre-Christian goddess, associated with [[Contae Luimnigh]] and ''Cnoc Gréine''.<ref>MacKillop, James (1998) Dictionary of Celtic Mythology Oxford: Oxford University Press {{ISBN|0-19-280120-1}} lch. 92</ref>
==Sanasaíocht==
WhileCé Grian'sgo namebhfuil literallybrí meansa hainm ná "thean sunghrian" go liteartha, hertá namean isfocal derivedféin fromfréamhaithe theón ProtobPrótaio-Indo EuropeanInd-Eorpais *''g<sup>wh</sup>er-'', meaninga "tochiallaíonn be"bheith hotte" ornó "to burndóigh/loisc", ratherseachas thanna thefréamhaithe derivationsle forhaghaidh sun''grian'' ini otherdteangacha IndoInd-EuropeanEorpacha eile, mar shampla, ''sun'', ''sol'' languagessrl.{{snf|Nikolaev|The Germanic word for sword and delocatival derivation in Proto-Indo-European|http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nikolaev/files/Nikolaev_The_Germanic_Word_for_Sword.pdf}}
