The lines of the handle and other elements derive from these implicit shapes.

The first element derives from the Old Norse word kvern meaning a mill stone.

The second element is less certain but may derive from "Eadar" (between) or "cathair-thalmhainn" (yarrow).

These heraldic elements are crosses moline, and derive from the mill-rind, the iron centre of a millstone.

Moving away from the centre results in the reduction of the gains that those elements derive.

Other Latin elements in British place names often derive from the medieval period as affectations.

Other elements are optional, or derive from the need to report on recent changes, or to justify changes which are proposed.

Dao is a non-dual concept - it is the greater whole from which all the individual elements of the universe derive.

These elements derive primarily from Eastern and Iranian religions and myths.

Nikolaus Pevsner suggested that the second element of the name derived from the French beau site, but other sources disagree with this.