Where does “Plym” come from?
Plym (English) comes from French plume, from Italian piuma, from Spanish pluma, from Latin plūma, from Proto-Italic plouksmā, from Proto-Indo-European plúnksneh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plú-n-k-, from Proto-Indo-European plewk- — to fly, flow, run.
Plym (English): which flows from Dartmoor via Plymouth to Plymouth Sound on the English Channel
Definitions
- which flows from Dartmoor via Plymouth to Plymouth Sound on the English Channel
Ancestry of “Plym”, step by step
Plym traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French plume
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | plume | feather; quill; nib, the writing end of a... |
| 2 | Italian | piuma | feather, plume; down; plumage |
| 3 | Spanish | pluma | feather; pen, fountain pen; ballpoint pen |
| 4 | Latin | plūma | feather, plume |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | plouksmā | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | plúnksneh₂ | feather |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | plú-n-k- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | plewk- | to fly, flow, run; to splash, to flap with hands |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | plew- | to fly, flow, run |
via English Plympton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Plympton | OS grid ref SX5456 |
| 2 | Old English | Plymentun | — |
| 3 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 6 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |