Etymograph

English

Throwendham

Throwendham comes from Old English Þrōwendas ‘Thronds, people from Trøndelag’.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Þrōwendas‘Thronds, people from Trøndelag’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1905Throwendham

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150Þrōwendas‘Thronds, people from Trøndelag’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1905Throwendham

Earliest quotation: 1905, Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Origines Islandicae: “Col-grim the Old, [son] of Hrod-wulf, the herse or…”

Formed from Throwends + -ham

Proto-Germanic *þrōwōną ‘to grow, prosper’

Old English Þrōwendas

English Throwends

Today it means

name Trøndelag

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old English Þrōwendas / Throwendham