The story
- Old Norse · derived frombýr“farm, town”
- Old English · derived fromæppel“apple”
- English todayAppleby
From Old English æppel (“apple”) and Old Norse býr (“farm, town”), from the root of the verb Old Norse búa (“to dwell”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishæppel all →
AppletonappleyApperknowle
Old Norsebýr all →
rugbyAshbyCosbyBOEDenbyDigbyBarnabyDanbyBixbyKilbySaxbyKelbyWelbyBeebyMellanbyEllerbyAglionbyFenby-byby-CarperbyLoseby
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.