Where does “Shottingham” come from?
Shottingham (English) comes from English Nottingham, from Old English Snotingahām, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.
Shottingham (English): The city of Nottingham, England in reference to its historical high gun crime rate
Definitions
- The city of Nottingham, England in reference to its historical high gun crime rate
Ancestry of “Shottingham”, step by step
Shottingham traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Nottingham
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Nottingham | — |
| 2 | Old English | Snotingahām | Nottingham |
| 3 | Old English | hām | home; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haim | home |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haimaz | home; house; village |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóymos | of the home, belonging to the family; village,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱey- | to be lying down; to settle |
via English shot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shot | Worn out or broken; Woven from warp and weft... |
| 2 | Middle English | schot | A missile or projectile; a thrown or fired weapon |
| 3 | Old English | Scot | shot, act of shooting |
| 4 | Old Norse | skot | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | skutą | shot |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kewd- | to advance, push; to drive, propel |