The story
- Old Norse · derived fromþveit“clearing, glade”
- English todayGarthwaite
English habitational surname from a lost place in Northern England; the second element is probably from Old Norse þveit (“clearing, glade”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norseþveit all →
TwattthwaiteHebblethwaiteLewthwaiteSwathwickTvedt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.