Etymology

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Today it means: A river in the counties of County Durham and North Yorkshire, north east England. The river flows through the city of Middlesbrough. Full definition →

Old English *Tēs(e) ← Proto-Brythonic *tes
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  1. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*tes“heat”
  2. Old English · inherited from*Tēs(e)
  3. English todayTees

From Old English *Tēs(e), but uncertain beyond that. Possibly from Proto-Brythonic *tes (“heat”), which would be in reference to the “boiling” surging water of so much of the upper river, especially at places like Cauldron Snout.

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