The Quair Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Its name is related to Traquair.
The name Quair has a Brittonic etymology. [1] It may be derived from the element *wejr (<*wẹ:drā) [1] meaning "a bend, something curved or twisted" (c.f. Middle Welsh gweir, Welsh gwair, gwŷr; in compounds). [1] The name could also descend from *wẹ:Σ- or *wiΣ, both forms of the root *wei which has a basic sense of "flowing", [1] with the suffix –urā-. [1]
Quair may share an etymology with the rivers Wear and Wyre in Northern England, [1] as well as the river-names preserved in place-names like Troqueer in Kirkcudbrightshire. [1]
55°36′N 3°04′W / 55.600°N 3.067°W
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The Quair Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Its name is related to Traquair.
The name Quair has a Brittonic etymology. [1] It may be derived from the element *wejr (<*wẹ:drā) [1] meaning "a bend, something curved or twisted" (c.f. Middle Welsh gweir, Welsh gwair, gwŷr; in compounds). [1] The name could also descend from *wẹ:Σ- or *wiΣ, both forms of the root *wei which has a basic sense of "flowing", [1] with the suffix –urā-. [1]
Quair may share an etymology with the rivers Wear and Wyre in Northern England, [1] as well as the river-names preserved in place-names like Troqueer in Kirkcudbrightshire. [1]
55°36′N 3°04′W / 55.600°N 3.067°W
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