• Source: Quair Water

The Quair Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Its name is related to Traquair.




Etymology


The name Quair has a Brittonic etymology. It may be derived from the element *wejr (<*wẹ:drā) meaning "a bend, something curved or twisted" (c.f. Middle Welsh gweir, Welsh gwair, gwŷr; in compounds). The name could also descend from *wẹ:Σ- or *wiΣ, both forms of the root *wei which has a basic sense of "flowing", with the suffix –urā-.
Quair may share an etymology with the rivers Wear and Wyre in Northern England, as well as the river-names preserved in place-names like Troqueer in Kirkcudbrightshire.




See also


List of places in the Scottish Borders
List of places in Scotland
List of rivers of Scotland




References






External links


RCAHMS/Canmore record for Quair Water, Helvellyn
Geograph photo: Quair Water

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