Etymology

Danby

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Today it means: A village and civil parish (served by Danby Group Parish Council) in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref NZ7008). Full definition →

Old English Dene ← Old Norse býr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombýr“farmstead”
  2. Old English · derived fromDene“Dane”
  3. English todayDanby

From Old English Dene (“Dane”) + Old Norse býr (“farmstead”). Compare the doublet Denby.

Words from the same roots

Old EnglishDene all →

deanDaneDanburyDenbyDenhamdeneDenholmDenslowLittle MissendenRattlesden

Old Norsebýr all →

rugbyAshbyCosbyApplebyBOEDenbyDigbyBarnabyBixbyKilbySaxbyKelbyWelbyBeebyMellanbyEllerbyAglionbyFenby-byby-CarperbyLoseby

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.