Somersetshire
English
proper noun
Definitions
- (archaic) The English county of Somerset.
Etymology
Compound from English Somerset + English shire.
Origin
English
shire
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Bedfordshire English
- Blankshire English
- Loamshire English
- Londonshire English
- Monmouthshire English
- Somerset English
- Worcestershire English
- Yorkshire English
- sheriff English
- shire English
- shire-reeve English
- shiremote English
- Sumorsǣte Old English
- shire Middle English
- skíri Icelandic
- sir Welsh
- siorrachd Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic