English
Scunthorpe
Scunthorpe comes from Old English Escumetorpe, and goes back to Old Norse Skumasþorp.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Skumasþorp
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Escumetorpe
- Englishearliest quotation 2004Scunthorpe
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350Skumasþorp
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Escumetorpe
- Englishearliest quotation 2004Scunthorpe
Earliest quotation: 2004, Declan McCullagh, Google's chastity belt too tight: “In a famously embarrassing incident in 1996, America Online's…”
A compound of Skuma + -s + þorp ‘hamlet, village’
Proto-Indo-European *trab- ‘room, dwelling, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *þurpą ‘village, rural settlement’
Old Norse þorp ‘hamlet, village’
Every English word from Old Norse Skumasþorp
Today it means
name An industrial town in North Lincolnshire district, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SE8910).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse Skumasþorp / Scunthorpe