Etymology

Carperby

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Today it means: A village in Carperby-cum-Thoresby parish, Richmondshire district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0089). Full definition →

Old Irish Cairpre ← Old Norse býr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombýr“farm, settlement”
  2. Old Irish · derived fromCairpre
  3. English todayCarperby

Probably from Old Irish Cairpre (a personal name) + Old Norse býr (“farm, settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebýr all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.