English
Stourbridge
From the local River Stour + bridge.
Proto-Indo-European *stā-r-
Proto-Germanic *stōraz ‘strong’
Proto-West Germanic *stōr ‘strong’
Old English stōr ‘tall, great, mighty, strong’
Middle English store ‘tall, powerful’
English Stour
Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ ‘bridge’
Proto-West Germanic *bruggju ‘bridge’
Old English brycġ ‘bridge’
Middle English brigge ‘a bridge’
English bridge
Today it means
name A large town in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Stourbridge