English

Irishtown

From Irish + town.

Formed from Irish + town

Old English Īras ‘Irishmen’

Old English *Īrisċ

Middle English Irish

English Irish

Proto-Celtic *dūnom ‘stronghold, rampart’

Proto-Germanic *tūną ‘fence, enclosure’

Proto-West Germanic *tūn ‘fence’

Old English tūn ‘an enclosed piece of ground’

Middle English toun ‘a town or city’

English town

Today it means

name A rural community of Circular Head council area, north-west Tasmania, Australia.

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

Etymograph / Irishtown