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Where does “ベリック・アポン・ツイード” come from?

ベリック・アポン・ツイード (Japanese) comes from English Berwick-upon-Tweed, from Old English bere, 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.

Ancestry of “ベリック・アポン・ツイード”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBerwick-upon-Tweed—
2Old Englishberebarley; first-person singular present indicative...
3Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
4Proto-West Germanictūnfence
5Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
6Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
7Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
8Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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