Where does “Dumfriesshire” come from?
Dumfriesshire is the English name for a Scottish county derived from Dumfries, which comes from Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phris, of uncertain ultimate origin.
Dumfriesshire (English): which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Dumfries and Galloway Region. Its county town was Dumfries
Definitions
- which was abolished in 1975 and absorbed into Dumfries and Galloway Region. Its county town was Dumfries
Ancestry of “Dumfriesshire”, step by step
Dumfriesshire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shire | Physical area administered by a sheriff; Former... |
| 2 | Middle English | schire | Alternative form of shire; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | sċīr | bright; shire; county |
| 4 | Old English | burna | stream |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | brunnō | well, spring |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | brunnô | source; wellspring; fountain; brook; stream;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰréh₁wr̥ | well, spring, source |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrewh₁- | to boil; to brew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰer- | to bear, carry |