Etymology

Dairsie

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Today it means: A village in north-east Fife council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NO4117). Full definition →

Pictish *deru
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  1. Pictish · derived from*deru“oak”
  2. English todayDairsie

Earlier Deruesin (1162). From Pictish *deru (“oak”) + *es + *in, both place-name suffixes.

Words from the same roots

Pictish*deru all →

deer

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