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The Quair Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Its name is related to Traquair.

Etymology edit

The name Quair has a Brittonic etymology.^[1] It may be derived from the element *wejr (<*wẹ:drā)^[1] meaning "a bend, something curved or twisted" (c.f. Middle Welsh gweir, Welsh gwair, gwŷr; in compounds).^[1] The name could also descend from *wẹ:Σ- or *wiΣ, both forms of the root *wei which has a basic sense of "flowing",^[1] with the suffix –urā-.^[1]

Quair may share an etymology with the rivers Wear and Wyre in Northern England,^[1] as well as the river-names preserved in place-names like Troqueer in Kirkcudbrightshire.^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

External links edit

RCAHMS/Canmore record for Quair Water, Helvellyn
Geograph photo: Quair Water

55°36′N 3°04′W / 55.600°N 3.067°W / 55.600; -3.067

[BLITON-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g James, Alan G. "A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence - Guide to the Elements" (PDF). Scottish Place Name Society - The Brittonic Language in the Old North. Retrieved 25 October 2018.

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