Where does “Audenshaw” come from?

Audenshaw (English) comes from Old English sceaga, from Proto-West Germanic skagō, from Proto-Germanic skōgaz — forest, wood.

Audenshaw (English): OS grid ref SJ9297

Definitions

  1. OS grid ref SJ9297

Ancestry of “Audenshaw”, step by step

Audenshaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English sceaga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishsceagacopse, thicket
2Proto-West Germanicskagō—
3Proto-Germanicskōgazforest, wood

via Old English Aldwine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old EnglishAldwine—
Every word from Proto-Germanic skōgaz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic skagō →Every word from Old English sceaga →