Ure
English
Etymology
Middle English Yore, Jor, from Old English Earp, corrupted from Ear + ƿ (abbreviation for ƿæter (“water”)); first element from Brythonic Isurā with loss of intervocalic s, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *isərós (“vigorous, quick”), from *eis(ə, related to Sanskrit इषिरम् (iṣiram, “fast, quick”). Compare the Gaulish river Isara.
Proper noun
Ure
- A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows through Wensleydale
- A surname
References
- Smith, A.H. (1962). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 7. Cambridge University Press.
Anagrams
German
Noun
Ure
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Brythonic languages
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Rivers in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Rivers in England
- en:Places in North Yorkshire, England
- en:Places in England
- English surnames
- German non-lemma forms
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