Eoforwic

Old English

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

Eoforwīc n

Declension of Eoforwic (strong a-stem)

Middle English: Everwik, Eborwike, Eoverwic, Everwic, Everwich, Everwike, Everwyk
→ Old Norse: Jórvík
- Icelandic: Jórvík
- → Faroese: Jórvík (learned)
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: Jorvik (learned)
- → Swedish: Jorvik (learned)
- → Danish: Jorvig (learned)
- → Middle English: York, Yorke, Ȝork, Ȝorke, Ȝorc, Ȝeorc
  - English: York

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