Etymology

Kesteven

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Today it means: A geographic area, one of the three traditional divisions of the county of Lincolnshire, England. Full definition →

Old English Ceostefne ← Proto-Brythonic *koɨd ← Old Norse stefna
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromstefna“meeting place”
  2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*koɨd“wood, forest”
  3. Old English · derived fromCeostefne
  4. English todayKesteven

From Old English Ceostefne. Traditionally derived from Proto-Brythonic *koɨd (“wood, forest”) + Old Norse stefna (“meeting place”).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Brythonic*koɨd all →

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