The story
- Old Norse · derived fromgata“road, street”
- Old Norse · derived fromhundr“dog”
- Old English · derived fromhund“hound”
- English todayHungate
Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from either Old English hund (“hound”) or Old Norse hundr (“dog”) + Old Norse gata (“road, street”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsegata all →
gategait
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.