shire
English
/ʃaɪə(ɹ)/, /ʃaɪəɹ/
noun
Definitions
- Physical area administered by a sheriff.
- Former administrative area of Britain; a county.
- (UK) The general area in which a person lives or comes from, used in the context of travel within the United Kingdom.
- A rural or outer suburban local government area of Australia.
- A shire horse.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English shire (shire) inherited from Old English scir (district) inherited from *skīru inherited from Proto-Germanic *skīrō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*skīrō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bedford English
- Bedfordshire English
- Blankshire English
- Brecknockshire English
- Clackmannan English
- Loamshire English
- London English
- Londonshire English
- Monmouth English
- Monmouthshire English
- Somerset English
- Somersetshire English
- Worcester English
- Worcestershire English
- York English
- Yorkie English
- Yorkshire English
- Yorkshireman English
- Yorkshireness English
- Yorkshirewoman English
- blank English
- loam English
- mote English
- reeve English
- sheriff English
- sheriffdom English
- sheriffhood English
- sheriffship English
- sheriffwick English
- shire-reeve English
- shiremote English
- undersheriff English
- unsheriff English
- Sheriff German
- seriff Hungarian
- Йоркшир Russian
- sheriff Spanish, Castilian
- yorkshire Portuguese
- *skīrō Proto-Germanic
- ヨークシャー Japanese
- szeryf Polish
- scir Old English
- scīrġerēfa Old English
- sċīr Old English
- Bedefordschire Middle English
- Everwich schire Middle English
- Lancastreshire Middle English
- Yorkshire Middle English
- shire Middle English
- shirreve Middle English
- يوركشاير Arabic
- Skírisskógur Icelandic
- skíri Icelandic
- Brycheiniog Welsh
- sir Welsh
- siriol Welsh
- siroedd Welsh
- siorrachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *skīru gmw-pro
- იორკშირი Georgian
- York
- loam
- mote
- reeve
- blank
- Yorkie
- London
- sheriff
- Bedford
- Monmouth
- Somerset
- unsheriff
- Loamshire
- Yorkshire
- shiremote
- Worcester
- sheriffdom
- Blankshire
- Clackmannan
- sheriffhood
- sheriffwick
- Londonshire
- shire-reeve
- sheriffship
- Bedfordshire
- undersheriff
- Yorkshireman
- Monmouthshire
- Somersetshire
- Yorkshireness
- Worcestershire
- Brecknockshire
- Yorkshirewoman