Etymology

Inskip

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Today it means: A village in Inskip-with-Sowerby parish, Wyre district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4637). Full definition →

Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs ← Old English cȳpe
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromcȳpe“osier-basket, especially for catching fish”
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*ɨnɨs“island”
  3. English todayInskip

From Proto-Brythonic *ɨnɨs (“island”) + Old English cȳpe (“osier-basket, especially for catching fish”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Brythonic*ɨnɨs all →

Ince

Old Englishcȳpe all →

coopkipe

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