Editing Redruth (section)

==Toponymy==
The form ''Unyredruth'' ([[Euny]] being the patron saint) is recorded in 1563.<ref>Weatherhill, Craig (2009) ''A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names'' Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 59</ref> Earlier forms are ''Ridruthe'' (1259), ''Rudruth'' (1283) and ''Riddruth'' (1291).<ref>Ekwall, Eilert (1940) ''The Concise Dictionary of English Place-names''; 2nd ed. Oxford: Clarendon Press; p. 366</ref>

The name Redruth derives from its older Cornish name, {{lang|oco|Rhyd-ruth}}, meaning 'red ford' — literally 'ford-red': the first syllable {{lang|oco|rhyd}} means 'ford'; the second {{lang|kw|ruth}} means 'red'.

{{lang|kw|Rhyd}} is the older form of {{lang|oco|res}}, which is a Cornish equivalent to a [[ford (crossing)|ford]] (across a river), a common Celtic word: Old Cornish {{lang|oco|rid}}, [[Welsh language|Welsh]] {{Lang|cy|rhyd}} ([[Old Welsh]] {{lang|owl|rit}}), [[Old Breton]] {{lang|obt|rit}} or {{lang|obt|ret}}, [[Gaulish]] {{lang|xtg|ritu-}}, all from [[Proto-Indo-European language|Indo-European]] {{lang|ine-x-proto|prtus}} derived word in {{lang|ine-x-proto|-tu}} from the root {{lang|ine-x-proto|*per}}, 'to cross, to go through', [[Proto-Germanic language|Proto-Germanic]] {{lang|gem-x-proto|furdúz}} (English ''ford'', [[German language|German]] {{lang|de|Furt}}), [[Latin]] {{Lang|la|portus}}, all [[cognate]] to the Celtic word.<ref>[[Xavier Delamarre]], ''Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise'', éditions errance 2003, p. 258.</ref> 

Again, it is the {{lang|kw|-ruth}} (and not the {{lang|kw|red-}} part of the name) which means the colour red.<ref>Redruth & its people – Michael Tangye – {{ISBN|0-9501872-1-6}}</ref>

[[Béroul]]'s {{lang|xno|Roman de [[Tristan]]}} features a location in Cornwall called {{Lang|xno|Crois Rouge}} in [[Norman language|Norman French]], 'red cross' in English.<ref>[[Béroul]], ''The Romance of Tristan'', Introduction and translation by Alan S. Fedrick</ref>