Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
[Sidenote: TAMH, TAW (Cym.-Cel.),]
quiet, cognate with A.S. _tam_, found in many river names; _e.g._
the Tame, Tamar, Tamer, Teane, Teign, Thame, Taw, Tawey, Tavoy, Tay,
Temesch, Tees, Thames (the quiet water), joined to _uisge_, _a_, _y_,
_o_, _or_, _ri_ (flowing water).
[Sidenote: TAMNACH (Gadhelic),]
a green field, common in Irish topography under various forms,
such as Tawny, Tawnagh, Tonagh, and Taminy; _e.g._ Tonaghneeve,
for _Tamhnaich-naemh_ (the field of the saints), now Saintfield;
Tawnaghlahan (broad field); Tawnkeel (narrow field); Tamnaghbane (white
field); Tavnaghdrissagh (the field of the briers).
[Sidenote: TANNA (Old Ger.),]
wood; _tanne_ (modern), the fir-tree; _e.g._ Niederthan (the lower
wood); Hohenthan (high wood); Thanheim, Thanhausen, Tandorf (the
dwellings at the wood); Tanberg (wood hill).
[Sidenote: TARBERT, or TAIRBERT (Gadhelic),]
an isthmus; _e.g._ Tarbet, in Cromarty and Ross; Tarbert, in Harris;
Tarbet, on Loch Lomond; East and West Tarbert, in Argyleshire;
Tarbetness (the point of the isthmus), in Ross-shire.
[Sidenote: TARBH (Gadhelic),
TARW (Cym.-Cel.),]
a bull, cognate with the Lat. _taurus_ and the Grk. _tauros_; _e.g._
Knockatarriv and Knockatarry (the hill of the bull); Clontarf, anc.
_Cluain-tarbh_ (the bull’s meadow); Cloontarriff and Cloontarriv, with
the same meaning. Some river names, such as Tarf, Tarras, Tarth, Tarn,
may have this word as a prefix, or perhaps _tara_, Irish, rapid.
[Sidenote: TARNIK (Sclav.),]
the thorn; _e.g._ Tarnowce and Tarnowitz (thorn village); Tarnau,
Tarnow, Tornow, Torniz (a thorny place); Tarnograd (thorn fortress);
Tarnopol (thorn city).
[Sidenote: TEACH and TIGH (Gadhelic),
TY (Cym.-Cel.),]
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