Etymology

Fincham

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, East, England, United Kingdom Full definition →

Middle English Fincham ← Old English *Finċhām ← Proto-West Germanic *haim
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ping-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)píngis
  3. Proto-Germanic*finkiz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ping-
  5. Proto-Germanic*finkô
  6. Old Englishfinċ
  7. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*haim
  9. Old Englishhām
  10. Old English*Finċhām
  11. Middle EnglishFincham
  12. English todayFincham

Inherited from Middle English Fincham, from Old English *Finċhām, from finċ (“finch”) + hām (“home, homestead”).

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