The story
- Old English · derived fromtūn“homestead”
- Old Norse · derived fromey“river”
- English todayEdenfield
Perhaps from Old Norse ey (“river”) + Old English tūn (“homestead”) + Old English feld (“field”). Derivation from Eden + field is unlikely.
Words from the same roots
Old Norseey all →
barrowGarnseyIreland's Eye
Old Englishtūn all →
wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymington
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.