Carlisle

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*Luguwalos
2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from[Term?]
3. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*kaɨr“fort”
4. Cumbric · derived from[Term?]
5. Middle English · derived fromCarleol
6. Middle English · inherited fromCarlele
7. English todayCarlisle

From Middle English Carlele, from Middle English Carleol, Carleul, from Cumbric [Term?] (compare Caer Ligualid in the Historia Brittonum, Middle Welsh Caer Liwelydd, Welsh Caerliwelydd, all suffixed with -ydd), composed of Proto-Brythonic *kaɨr (“fort”) + Proto-Brythonic [Term?] (> Latin Luguvalium), from Proto-Celtic *Luguwalos (personal name, literally “strength of Lugus”), from *Lugus + *walos (“strength”). The absence of a suffix comparable to Welsh -ydd in the underlying Cumbric form is unexplained; see w:Cumbric/Absence of -ydd.

Words from the same roots