Where does “Lindesēġe” come from?

Lindesēġe (Old English) comes from Old English īeġ, from Proto-West Germanic auwju, from Proto-Germanic awjō, from Proto-Germanic agwjō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ — water.

Lindesēġe (Old English): Lindsey, the north part of Lincolnshire in England

Definitions

  1. Lindsey, the north part of Lincolnshire in England

Ancestry of “Lindesēġe”, step by step

Lindesēġe traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English īeġ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishīeġisland
2Proto-West Germanicauwjufloodplain; meadow; island
3Proto-Germanicawjōfloodplain; meadow; island
4Proto-Germanicagwjō—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ékʷeh₂water

via Old English lind

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlindlime, linden; shield
2Old Englishwuduwood; forest, woods; tree
3Old Englishwiduwood, forest, grove; tree; timber
4Proto-Germanicwiduzwood
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwidʰu-forest, wood; tree, beam

via Proto-Brythonic llɨnn

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Brythonicllɨnnpool
2Proto-Celticlindomliquid; lake

Words derived from “Lindesēġe”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ékʷeh₂ →Every word from Proto-Germanic agwjō →Every word from Proto-Germanic awjō →
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