Where does “bylawe” come from?

bylawe (Middle English) comes from Old English bīlage, from Old Norse byjar — town's; settlement's.

Ancestry of “bylawe”, step by step

bylawe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English bīlage

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishbīlagebylaw
2Old Norsebyjartown's; settlement's

via Old Norse býjar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsebýjar—

Words derived from “bylawe”

Every word from Old Norse byjar →Every word from Old English bīlage →