English
Queensferry
From queen + -s- + ferry * In Flintshire, named in honour of Queen Victoria; previously Kingsferry.
Formed from queen + -s- + ferry
Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s ‘woman’
Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ‘wife’
Proto-West Germanic *kwāni ‘woman’
Old English cwēn
Middle English quene ‘a queen’
English queen
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Germanic *farjaną ‘to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry’
Proto-West Germanic *farjan ‘to take somewhere, to carry, to ferry’
Old English ferian ‘to take, move, carry’
Middle English ferien ‘to carry, convey’
English ferry
Today it means
name A town and community in Flintshire, Wales (OS grid ref SJ3168).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Queensferry