Lindsay

The story

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*lindos“lake, liquid”
2. Proto-Brythonic · derived from*llɨnn“pool”
3. Old English · inherited fromLindesēġe
4. English todayLindsay

From Lindsey in Lincolnshire, from Old English Lindesēġe, Lindesīġe (“Isle of Lind”), the Old English name of the city of Lincoln, Lincolnshire, in which "Lind" comes from the Common Brittonic form of the name of Lincoln and "isle" refers to Lincoln being surrounded by fenland; from Proto-Brythonic *llɨnn (“pool”), from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”), in reference to the Brayford + Old English ēġ (“island”); cf. modern Welsh llyn and Dublin.

Words from the same roots