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== Etymology == ''Tweed'' may represent an [[Common Brittonic|Old Brittonic]] name meaning "border".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html |title=University of Wales Dictionary |website=University of Wales Dictionary |publisher=University of Wales |access-date=4 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531155923/http://www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html |archive-date=31 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> A doubtful proposal is that the name is derived from a non-Celtic form of the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Indo-European]] root ''*teuha-'' meaning "swell, grow powerful".<ref name="BLITON">{{cite web |last1=James |first1=Alan |title=The Brittonic Language in the Old North - A Guide to the Place-Name Evidence |url=https://spns.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Alan_James_Brittonic_Language_in_the_Old_North_BLITON_Volume_II_Dictionary_2020_Edition.pdf |website=Scottish Place Name Society}}</ref>
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