Quair Water
The Quair Water is a tributary of the River Tweed in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. Its name is related to Traquair.Etymology
The name Quair has a Brittonic etymology. It may be derived from the element *wejr meaning "a bend, something curved or twisted". The name could also descend from *wẹ:Σ- or *wiΣ, both forms of the root *wei which has a basic sense of "flowing", with the suffix –urā-.
Quair may share an etymology with the rivers Wear and Wyre in Northern England, as well as the river-names preserved in place-names like Troqueer in Kirkcudbrightshire.
