Etymology

Guntersville

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Today it means: A city, the county seat of Marshall County, Alabama, United States. Full definition →

French ville ← Middle French ville ← Old French ville
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰen-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰéntis
  3. Proto-Germanic*gunþiz
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ker-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kóryos
  6. Proto-Germanic*harjaz
  7. Proto-Germanic*Gunþiharjaz
  8. Proto-West Germanic*Gunþihari
  9. Old High GermanGundheri
  10. GermanGunther
  11. EnglishGunter
  12. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  13. Proto-Italic*weikslā
  14. Latinvīlla
  15. Old Frenchville
  16. Middle Frenchville
  17. Frenchville
  18. English todayGuntersville

From Gunter + -s- + -ville, originally Gunter's Ferry and Gunter's Landing and founded by John Gunter.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.