The story
- Old Norse · derived from*stǫng“land mark”
- Cumbric · derived from*mɛ̄l“bald”
- English todayMallerstang
From Cumbric *mɛ̄l (“bald”) + *bre (“hill”) + Old Norse *stǫng (“land mark”)
Words from the same roots
Old Norse*stǫng all →
stang
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.