The story
- Old Norse · derived frombýr“farm, town”
- Old English · derived frombyxe“box tree”
- English todayBixby
From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbyxe all →
Bexley
Old Norsebýr all →
rugbyAshbyCosbyApplebyBOEDenbyDigbyBarnabyDanbyKilbySaxbyKelbyWelbyBeebyMellanbyEllerbyAglionbyFenby-byby-CarperbyLoseby
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.