Where does “Bagshaw” come from?

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

Bagshaw (English): OS grid ref SK078811

Definitions

  1. OS grid ref SK078811

Ancestry of “Bagshaw”, step by step

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