About the Yew1

[Douglas G Kilday]

Gordon Brown (1 Jul 2001) wrote:

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

Yes. The second element is probably a Celtic collective, so the meaning of
the toponym is 'abundance of yews' vel sim.

Several places were called Eburodunum 'yew-fortress': modern Embrun
(Hautes-Alpes), Yverdon-les-Bains (Switzerland), Bruenn/Brno (Moravia). Also
there were Eburobriga 'yew-hill' (mod. Avrolles) and Eburomagus 'yew-field'
(mod. Bram).

DGK