The story
- Old English · derived fromfeld“field”
- Welsh · derived fromgwern“alders, alder grove”
- English todayGwernaffield
From Welsh gwern (“alders, alder grove”) and Old English feld (“field”); Welsh gwaun (“moor, heath”) probably relates to the Welsh name Y-Waun.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfeld all →
fieldSheffieldFeltonFelthamBelfieldMakerfieldCuckfieldMorvilleBousfield
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.