Etymograph

English

York

York comes from Old Norse Jórk, from Old English eofor ‘boar’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ebʰros ‘yew’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ebʰros‘yew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*eburos‘yew’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Eβrọgreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEborācum
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīc‘village’
  6. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150eofor‘boar’
  7. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Eoforwīċ
  8. Old Norsec. 800–1350Jórk
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500York
  10. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁ebʰros‘yew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Celticc. 1300–800 BCE*eburos‘yew’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Brythonicc. 100 BCE–500 CE*Eβrọgreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEEborācum
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150wīc‘village’
  6. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150eofor‘boar’
  7. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150Eoforwīċ
  8. Old Norsec. 800–1350Jórk
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500York
  10. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Old English wīc ‘village’

wick, 1 more

Today it means

name A placename: A town and local government area (the Shire of York), in the Wheatbelt region, Western Australia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁ebʰros / York

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