charles wain
‘the seven bright stars of the Great Bear’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. carles-wǽn, cherlemaynes-wayne, charlemagne, charlmaigne wain < O.E. Carles wægn, a star-group associated earlier with the nearby bright star named Arcturus < Lat. Arcturus < Gk. Arktouros ‘guardian of the bear (the bright star was anciently associated with nearby Ursa Major’ < arktos ‘bear,’ also ‘Ursa Major; the region of the north’ < aa < rkto- < Tamil ar