Talk:Soar

Etymology

It has been suggested in the book of the History of English Place Names that this river name, SOAR, with its pre-historic cognate SAAR in Germany, is of Neolithic origin: Compare Basque SARE (net); since part of Basque has been alleged to be akin to one of the Neolithic dialects of Britain. Andrew H. Gray 10:22, 15 January 2020 (UTC) If so, its meaning is likely to be a "net" or "trap" for fish. Andrew (talk)