English
Surrey
Surrey comes from Old English Sūþrigē ‘southern region’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh₂ún-terosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sunþraz‘south, southern’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sunþrōnijaz‘southern’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sūþerne‘southern’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Sūþrigē‘southern region’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Surrey
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sh₂ún-terosreconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sunþraz‘south, southern’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sunþrōnijaz‘southern’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150sūþerne‘southern’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Sūþrigē‘southern region’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000Surrey
Earliest quotation: 2000, Tom Yeung, Using his death?: “Shortly after Surrey high school student Hamed Nastoh (called…”
Linked words
through Proto-Germanic *sunþraz ‘south, southern’
Today it means
name An inland county of South East England, bordered clockwise by Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and Berkshire.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ún-teros / Surrey