Where does “Cumbtun” come from?

Cumbtun (Old 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.

Cumbtun (Old English): Compton (already a name of various places in Anglo-Saxon England)

Definitions

  1. Compton (already a name of various places in Anglo-Saxon England)

Ancestry of “Cumbtun”, step by step

Cumbtun 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 cumb

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishcumba hollow, narrow valley, combe; a measure of...
2Proto-Germanickumbazbowl, vessel; vat, tub

Words derived from “Cumbtun”

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