English

Hinton

Hinton may come from Old English hēan ‘low, mean, abject, humble’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of hēah ‘high’ + tūn ‘enclosure’

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to elevate’

Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz ‘high’

Proto-West Germanic *hauh ‘high’

Old English hēah ‘high’

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to last’

Proto-Indo-European *duh₂-nós ‘lasting, durable’

Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’

Proto-Germanic *tūną ‘enclosure’

Proto-West Germanic *tūn ‘fence’

Old English tūn ‘enclosure’

Every English word from Old English hēan

name A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.