The story
- Old Norse · derived frombýr“farm, town”
- Old English · derived fromæsċ“ashtree”
- English todayAshby
From Old English æsċ (“ashtree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishæsċ all →
ashdashAshlandAshcroftAshworthAshmoreAshdownAshburyAshbourneashwoodAshurstAxfordæscAshcottAshdonAshtree
Old Norsebýr all →
rugbyCosbyApplebyBOEDenbyDigbyBarnabyDanbyBixbyKilbySaxbyKelbyWelbyBeebyMellanbyEllerbyAglionbyFenby-byby-CarperbyLoseby
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.