Etymology

Askwith

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in the Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE169482). Full definition →

Old Norse askr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromaskr“ash tree”
  2. English todayAskwith

From Old Norse askr (“ash tree”) + viðr (“tree, wood”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norseaskr all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.