The story
- Old English · inherited fromnorþ“north”
- English todayNorwich
From Old English norþ (“north”) + wīċ (“hamlet”), equivalent to north + -wich.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishnorþ all →
northNortonNorthcoteNorwellNorburyNortholtNorthcottNorlandNorringtonNortheyNorthmoorNorthingtonNarramoreNorgroveNorthall
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.