English
Shirehampton
Shirehampton comes from Early Modern English Sherehampton, and goes back to Old English *Hāmtūn.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Hāmtūnreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Schernyhampton
- Early Modern EnglishmodernSherehampton
- EnglishtodayShirehampton
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150*Hāmtūnreconstructed
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Schernyhampton
- Early Modern EnglishmodernSherehampton
- EnglishtodayShirehampton
A compound of hām ‘estate, farm’ + tūn ‘enclosure’
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 ‘estate, farm’
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 ‘enclosure’
Every English word from Old English *Hāmtūn
Today it means
name A district in northwestern Bristol, England, next to Avonmouth and historically in Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST5376).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English *Hāmtūn / Shirehampton