English

Newnham

Newnham comes from Old English nēowan.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of nēowe ‘new’ + hām ‘village, hamlet’

Proto-Indo-European *nu ‘now’

Proto-Indo-European *néwos ‘new’

Proto-Indo-European *néwyos

Proto-Germanic *niwjaz ‘new’

Proto-West Germanic *niwi ‘new’

Old English nīewe ‘new’

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey- ‘to settle, dwell’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- ‘to be lying down, to settle’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos ‘village, home’

Proto-Germanic *haimaz ‘home’

Proto-West Germanic *haim ‘home’

Old English hām ‘village, hamlet’

Every English word from Old English nēowan

name A number of places in England: A council ward in Bedford, Bedfordshire (OS grid ref (approx) TL0749).

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