Etymograph

English

Kelham

Kelham may come from Old Norse kiǫlr ‘keel, ridge’.

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350kiǫlr‘keel, ridge’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKelham

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Norsec. 800–1350kiǫlr‘keel, ridge’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayKelham

The story

Recorded as Calun in the Domesday Book, the village's name probably derives from the dative plural form of Old Norse kiǫlr (‘keel, ridge’), with reference to the line of hill north-west of the village.

Every English word from Old Norse kiǫlr

Today it means

name A village and civil parish in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK7755).

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

Etymograph / Old Norse kiǫlr / Kelham

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