English
Quainton
Quainton comes from Old English *Cwēntūn.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Cwēntūnreconstructed
- EnglishtodayQuainton
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Cwēntūnreconstructed
- EnglishtodayQuainton
A compound of cwēn ‘queen’ + tūn ‘town’
Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn ‘woman’
Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ‘wife’
Proto-West Germanic *kwāni ‘woman, wife’
Old English cwēn ‘queen’
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 ‘town’
Every English word from Old English *Cwēntūn
Today it means
name A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, formerly in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP7420).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *Cwēntūn / Quainton