Snotingaham

Old English

Alternative forms

  • Snotengahām, Snotingehām, Snotinghām

Etymology

From Snotinga (“Snot's people's”) +‎ hām (“village”), equivalent to Snot (“a Saxon chieftain who conquered the settlement”) + -ing (“belonging to, people of”) + hām (“settlement, farmstead, village, home”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsno.tin.ɡɑˌxɑːm/, [ˈsno.tiŋ.ɡɑˌhɑːm]

Proper noun

Snotingahām m

  1. Nottingham

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle English: Snodengham, Snottengsham, Notingeham

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.