Where does “Fairclough” come from?

Fairclough (English) comes from Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer, from Proto-West Germanic fagr, from Proto-Germanic fagraz, from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- — to fasten, place.

Ancestry of “Fairclough”, step by step

Fairclough traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English fayr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishfayrfair
2Old Englishfæġerbeautiful
3Proto-West Germanicfagrbeautiful
4Proto-Germanicfagrazsuitable, fitting, appropriate, nice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanph₂ḱ-to fasten, place

via Middle English clough

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishcloughA narrow valley; a ravine
2Old Englishclōh—
3Proto-Germanicklanh-cleft, sluice, abyss

Words derived from “Fairclough”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₂ḱ- →Every word from Proto-Germanic fagraz →Every word from Proto-West Germanic fagr →