-yer

as in law yer . See -er, noun suffix. ETYMOLOGY OF NAMES OF PLACES, . The following are the more important significant syllables or words that enter into the composition of the names of rivers, mountains, towns, . See C. Blackie's Dictionary of Place-Names , Dr Joyce's Irish Names of Places , Isaac Taylor's Words and Places , and the Rev. James B. Johnston's Place-Names of Scotland (1892). a A (A.S. eá , Ice. - aa ), 'a stream;' as Gret a , Roth a , Thurs o ('Thor's stream'), Lax ay ('salmon stream').