English
Nethertown
From nether + town.
Proto-Indo-European *ni-
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Proto-West Germanic *niþer ‘down, downwards’
Old English niþer ‘down, downwards’
Old English niþera ‘lower, under, lowest’
Middle English nether
English nether
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 coastal village in Lowside Quarter parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref NX9907).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Nethertown