English
Fosbury
Fosbury comes from Middle English Forstebury, and goes back to Old English *Forstabyriġ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Forstabyriġreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Forstebury
- EnglishtodayFosbury
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Forstabyriġreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Forstebury
- EnglishtodayFosbury
A compound of forst ‘frost’ + burh ‘fort’
Proto-Indo-European *prews- ‘to freeze>’
Proto-Indo-European *prustós ‘frost’
Proto-Germanic *frustaz ‘cold’
Proto-West Germanic *frost
Old English forst ‘frost’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- ‘to rise up, ascend’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰérǵʰs ‘something high up and fortified’
Proto-Germanic *burgz ‘fortification, stronghold’
Old English burg ‘fort’
Every English word from Old English *Forstabyriġ
Today it means
name A small village in Tidcombe and Fosbury parish, east Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref SU3258).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *Forstabyriġ / Fosbury