The story
- Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kayt-
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*kaitos
- English todayCheatham
From Middle English, variant of Cheetham, from historical Cheetham in Lancashire, from Chet + ham; first element from Brythonic/Celtic *cęd (“wood, forest”), from Proto-Celtic *kaitos, from Proto-Indo-European *kayt-, *ḱayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”), related to Latin bū-cētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”).
Words from the same roots
Proto-Indo-European*kayt- all →
heath
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.