Etymograph

English

Yorkshire

Yorkshire comes from Middle English Yorkschire.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Yorkschire
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Yorkshire

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Yorkschire
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2007Yorkshire

Earliest quotation: 2007, Diane Grindol: “The Yorkshire Canary Club was founded in 1894. The…”

Formed from York ‘English city’ + shire

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ebʰros ‘yew’

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Old English eofor ‘boar’

Old English Eoforwīċ

Old Norse Jórk

Middle English York

English York

Proto-West Germanic *skīru ‘district; office’

Old English sċīr ‘shire; administrative region’

Middle English schire ‘region’

English shire

Every English word from Middle English Yorkschire

Today it means

name England's largest county. Situated in the northeast of England; divided into three ridings, (North, West and East, and The City Of York). Since 1974 for administration purposes local government has used different divisions.

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

Etymograph / Middle English Yorkschire / Yorkshire

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