Esk

-esk ėsk English Etymology Possibly derived from en cel-bry-pro *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish".Witcombe, Richard (2009). Who was Aveline anyway?: Mendip's Cave Names Explained (2nd ed.). Priddy: Wessex Cave Club.Eilert Ekwall (1981). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names. Oxford [Eng.]: OUP. p. 171.Owen, H.W. & Morgan, R. 2007 Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales Gomer Press, Ceredigion; Gwasg Gomer / Gomer Press; page 484. Cognate to the river names en Axe, en Exe, and en Usk. Another possibility, suggested for the North and South Esk, is derivation from a Brythonic/Celtic word for water; compare gd uisge water, river. Pronunciation en /ɛsk/ en ɛsk 1 Proper noun en locality in the carea/Clarence Valley and the carea/Richmond Valley north eastern s/New South Wales c/Australia. (with "the") en river co/North Yorkshire, England that flows through Eskdale to Whitby. (with "the") en river co/Cumbria cc/England, which also flows through Eskdale, and into the Irish Sea. (with "the") en river carea/Dumfries and Galloway cc/Scotland which crosses the border into co/Cumbria cc/England, before flowing into en Solway Firth. (with "the") en river mostly in carea/East Lothian cc/Scotland, its branches North Esk and South Esk are in Midlothian. Derived terms en Eskbank Eskdale Inveresk North Esk Upper Esk South Esk References Anagrams en eks Kes Sek kes