Etymograph

English

Wallsend

From (in England) wall + end, after its historical position at the eastern end of Hadrian's Wall.

Formed from wall + end

Proto-Indo-European *welH- ‘to turn’

Latin vallum ‘wall’

Proto-West Germanic *wall ‘wall’

Old English weall ‘wall’

Middle English wal

English wall

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- ‘face, forehead, front’

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Proto-Germanic *andijaz ‘end’

Proto-West Germanic *andī ‘end’

Old English ende ‘end’

Middle English ende ‘end’

English end

Today it means

name A town in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ3066).

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

Etymograph / Wallsend