Etymology

Niddrie

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Today it means: A suburb in eastern Edinburgh, Scotland (OS grid ref NT3071). Full definition →

Middle Scots Nuddrie ← Early Scots Nudre ← Proto-Celtic *nowiyos
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*nowiyos
  2. Early Scots · derived fromNudre
  3. Middle Scots · borrowed fromNuddrie
  4. English todayNiddrie

Borrowed from Middle Scots Nuddrie, Nydrie, from Early Scots Nudre, from earlier Nodref, ultimately from Proto-Brythonic *nöwɨð (“new”) + *treβ (“farm”), from Proto-Celtic *nowiyos + *trebā.

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