Where does “Stockton” come from?

Stockton (English) comes from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną, from Gaulish dunum, from Proto-Celtic dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.

Stockton (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Stockton”, step by step

Stockton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English tūn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
2Proto-West Germanictūnfence
3Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
4Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
5Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
6Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via Old English stocc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstoccstock, stump; log; stake, post; a post to which a...
2Proto-West Germanic*stokkstick, post

Words derived from “Stockton”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- →Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnom →Every word from Gaulish dunum →