2013/12/01 by Richard Coates · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Linguistics and language evolution #Medieval Literature and History #Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies #Etymology #Celtic languages #Meaning (existential) #Ethnic group #History #Genealogy #Linguistics #Literature #Classics #Philosophy #Ancient history #Sociology #Epistemology #Anthropology #Art
paper · doi:10.1017/s0263675113000070
openalex publication_date 2013/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
Abstract This article presents the evidence for the Anglo-Saxon ethnic name Hwicce borne by a people of the south-west Midlands, and reviews previous unsatisfactory attempts to explain it. It appears to be probably of British Celtic origin, and an etymology in two variants, consistent in etymological meaning with that of other early ethnonyms, is suggested.