The Quair Water is a
tributary
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of the
River Tweed in the
Scottish Borders
The Scottish Borders ( sco, the Mairches, 'the Marches'; gd, Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the City of Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, East Lothian, Midlothian, South Lanarkshire, West Lot ...
area of
Scotland
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. Its name is related to
Traquair
Traquair ( gd, Cille Bhrìghde) is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders; until 1975 it was in the county of Peeblesshire. The village is situated on the B709 road south of Innerleithen at .
History
Traquair, said to mean ...
.
Etymology
The name ''Quair'' has a
Brittonic etymology.
It may be derived from the element ''*wejr'' (<''*wẹ:drā'')
meaning "a bend, something curved or twisted" (c.f.
Middle Welsh
Middle Welsh ( cy, Cymraeg Canol, wlm, Kymraec) is the label attached to the Welsh language of the 12th to 15th centuries, of which much more remains than for any earlier period. This form of Welsh developed directly from Old Welsh ( cy, Hen ...
''gweir'',
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...
''gwair, gwŷr''; in compounds).
The name could also descend from ''*wẹ:Σ-'' or ''*wiΣ'', both forms of the root ''*wei'' which has a basic sense of "flowing",
with the suffix '' –urā-''.
''Quair'' may share an etymology with the rivers ''
Wear'' and ''
Wyre'' in
Northern England
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,
as well as the
river-names preserved in place-names like ''
Troqueer'' in
Kirkcudbrightshire
Kirkcudbrightshire ( ), or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country. Until 1975, Kirkcudbrightshire was an administrative coun ...
.
See also
*
List of places in the Scottish Borders
''Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list'':See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.
This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic ho ...
*
List of places in Scotland
*
List of rivers of Scotland
References
External links
RCAHMS/Canmore record for Quair Water, HelvellynGeograph photo: Quair Water
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