Eoforwic

Old English

Alternative forms

Eoferwic, Eoforƿīċ

Etymology

A folk-etymological alteration, based on eofor and the common placename suffix wīc (“village, settlement”), of the earlier Latin Eborācum, from Brythonic *Eborākom, from *eburos (“yew-tree”) (compare Welsh efwr, Breton evor).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeo̯forˌwiːtʃ/, [ˈeo̯vorwiːtʃ]

Proper noun

Eoforwīċ f

York

Derived terms

Eoferwicscīr (“Yorkshire”)

Descendants

Middle English: Everwik, Everwich
Old Norse: Jórvík
- Middle English: York
  - English: York

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