Re: A different OT ??

Posted by JRSutton on August 12, 2015 at 05:18:22 from (96.237.53.179):

In Reply to: A different OT ?? posted by 55 50 Ron on August 11, 2015 at 21:24:20:

You got me thinking about town name suffixes. I live in new england - and a lot of towns here have regular suffixes. Like ville, bury, den, wich, and ford.

For example somerville, millbury, malden, harwich, hartford.

I googled it - here's part of what I found - interesting. (I had to remove because of posting rules - like for middlesex county)

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... that's because the suffix "-bury" derives from the Anglo-Saxon "burh," meaning "a fort or fortified place." So when you drive along I-84 from Waterbury to Danbury, passing Middlebury and Southbury along the way, you're traveling a well-fortified route.

The military also plays a role in "Manchester," "Colchester" and, well, "Chester" itself. All are derived from the Latin "castra," meaning "military encampment."

The "wich" in "Greenwich" refers to a port, but in "Norwich" it means a "trading place." "Nor" means north, as it does in "Norfolk" and "Norwalk," so the original Norwich was a northern trading place.

"Ford," of course, means "river crossing," as in "Hartford," "Stratford" and "Stamford." "Hartford" derives from the Anglo-Saxon "heort ford," meaning "deer crossing." "Stratford" means a street (Old English "straet") that crosses the river, while "Stamford" derives from the Old English "stan" (stone) and means "stony ford."

The "wind" in "Windsor" derives from the Old English "windels," which meant "windlass," a crank-turned device that winds rope around a barrel. "Ora" meant a "river bank," so "Windsor" was "a landing place with a windlass for hoisting cargo."

The "ham" in "Hamden," "Windham" and "Barkhamsted" meant "place." "Den" meant "pasture," so the original "Hamden" was probably a place with a pasture. In the "sted" of "Winsted" and "Barkhamsted" we find the Old English "stead," meaning "farm."

And the "bark" in "Barkhamsted" refers neither to trees nor dogs. "Bark" is an alteration of the Old English "berk," from the Old Norse "berg," meaning hill, as in "iceberg." So "Barkhamsted," with its three syllables reassembled, means "hilly place with a farm." Sounds about right.

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