Where does “legerstow” come from?

legerstow (Old English) comes from Old English stōw, from Proto-West Germanic *stōu, from Proto-Germanic *stōō, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w-, from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- — to stand.

legerstow (Old English): cemetery, graveyard

Definitions

  1. cemetery, graveyard

Ancestry of “legerstow”, step by step

legerstow traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English stōw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishstōwplace, locality, site; place, location; a place,...
2Proto-West Germanic*stōua place
3Proto-Germanic*stōōa place, location, site
4Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂w-to set, place
5Proto-Indo-Europeansteh₂-to stand

via Old English leġer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishleġercouch, bed
2Old Norselegr—
3Proto-Germaniclegrąa lying, a place where one lies; camp
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European steh₂w- →Every word from Proto-Germanic *stōō →