Where does “Pusey” come from?

Pusey (English) comes from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Pusey (English): OS grid ref SU3596

Definitions

  1. OS grid ref SU3596

Ancestry of “Pusey”, step by step

Pusey traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English īeġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishīeġisland
2Proto-West Germanicauwjufloodplain; meadow; island
3Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
4Proto-Germanicagwjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Old English pisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishpisa—
2Latinpisumpea, pease
3Ancient GreekπίσονQuoted by comic poet Alexis; pea, pease, seed of...
4Ancient Greekπίσοςpea, pease, seed of "Pisum sativum"

Words derived from “Pusey”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →