The story
- Old Norse · derived fromvað“ford”
- Scots · derived fromwath
- Cumbric · derived from*cayr“fortress”
- English todayCarnwath
From Cumbric *cayr (“fortress”) + *newıð (“new”). The final syllable may have been influenced by Scots wath, Old Norse vað (“ford”).
Words from the same roots
Cumbric*cayr all →
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Old Norsevað all →
wathWaithe
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.