Where does “Whitby” come from?

Whitby (English) comes from Old Norse hvítr, from Proto-Germanic hwītaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos — bright; shine; shine; bright.

Whitby (English): A placename

Definitions

  1. A placename

Ancestry of “Whitby”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsehvítrwhite
2Proto-Germanichwītazwhite
3Proto-Indo-Europeanḱweytosbright; shine; shine; bright

Words derived from “Whitby”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱweytos →Every word from Proto-Germanic hwītaz →Every word from Old Norse hvítr →