English
Weymouth
In England, from Wey + mouth, referring to that river's mouth.
Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- ‘to move, bring, transport’
Proto-Germanic *wēgō ‘scales’
Proto-West Germanic *wāgu ‘scales’
Old English wǣġ ‘a weight’
Middle English weie
English Wey
Proto-Germanic *munþaz ‘mouth’
Proto-West Germanic *munþ ‘mouth’
Old English mūþ ‘mouth; opening’
Middle English mouth
English mouth
The story
The village in Nova Scotia is named after the city in Massachusetts.
Today it means
name A town and civil parish (with a town council) in Dorset, England, previously in Weymouth and Portland district (OS grid ref SY6779).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Weymouth