Where does “Waddington” come from?
Waddington is an English place name combining wadding with the Middle English and Old English suffix -tūn (enclosure), which derives from Old English tūn, Proto-Germanic tūną, Gaulish dunum, Proto-Celtic dūnom, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-.
Waddington (English): OS grid ref SK9764
Definitions
- OS grid ref SK9764
Ancestry of “Waddington”, step by step
Waddington traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Wadding
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Wadding | Wads collectively |
| 2 | English | -ing | Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns,... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |
via English ton
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 2 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 3 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 4 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 6 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |