English
Stagsden
Stagsden may come from Old English dene ‘valley’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150deneas denu‘valley’uncertain
- EnglishtodayStagsden
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150deneas denu‘valley’uncertain
- EnglishtodayStagsden
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰenh₂- ‘run, flow’
through Proto-West Germanic *dani ‘flat area, floor’
Today it means
name A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref SP9848).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English dene / Stagsden