About the Yew1

[Brian M. Scott]

On 1 Jul 2001, at 16:46, Gordon Brown wrote:

> For that matter, what about Eboriacum (isn't that the Latin for
> York?) -- any possible relation to *ebur-?

<Eboracum>, earlier <Ebo'rakon> in Ptolemy.  It's been derived from
a personal name <Eburos> that is said to be related to the 'yew'
word, but Ekwall points out that it could itself just as well be directly
from that word.

Brian M. Scott