The story
- Old English · inherited fromheafod“headland”
- Old Norse · derived fromá“river”
- English todayAyside
Unknown. May be from Old Norse á (“river”) and Old English heafod (“headland”) or sætr (“summer pasture”). Also appears to have been influenced by Old English sīde.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishheafod all →
HastonPreesall
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.