English
Shipham
Shipham comes from Middle English Shepeham, and goes back to Old English *Sċēaphām.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Sċēaphāmreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Shepehamby way of Anglo-Norman Sipeham
- EnglishtodayShipham
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Sċēaphāmreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Shepehamby way of Anglo-Norman Sipeham
- EnglishtodayShipham
A compound of sċēap ‘sheep’ + hām ‘homestead’
Proto-Germanic *skēpą ‘sheep’
Proto-West Germanic *skāp ‘sheep’
Old English sċēap ‘sheep’
The story
Inherited from Middle English Shepeham, Shepehm, via Anglo-Norman Sipeham, a spelling reinterpretation of Old English *Sċēaphām, from sċēap (‘sheep’) + hām (‘homestead’), literally the 'The sheep home'.
Every English word from Old English *Sċēaphām
Today it means
name A village and civil parish in Somerset, England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *Sċēaphām / Shipham