Engh

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂énkos“a bend; curve; bowl-shape; valley”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*angijō
3. Old Norse · derived fromeng
4. Norwegian · derived fromeng“meadow”
5. Norwegian · borrowed fromEngh
6. English todayEngh

From Norwegian Engh, a habitational name from Norwegian eng (“meadow”) for a person from a farm near meadow, from Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl-shape; valley”), from *h₂enk- (“to bend; bow; curve”).

Words from the same roots