Eoforwic
Old English
Etymology
A folk-etymological alteration, based on eofor and the common placename suffix wīc (“village, settlement”), of the earlier Latin Eborācum, from Brythonic *Eborākom, from *eburos (“yew-tree”) (compare Welsh efwr, Breton evor).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeo̯forˌwiːtʃ/, [ˈeo̯vorwiːtʃ]
Derived terms
- Eoferwicscīr (“Yorkshire”)
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