The story
- Old Welsh · derived frombyr“short”
- Old English · derived fromtūn“village, town”
- Old English · derived frombere“barley”
- Old Welsh · derived frompen“head, summit”
- English todayPemberton
From Cumbric/Old Welsh pen (“head, summit”) + Old English bere (“barley”) + Old English tūn (“village, town”). Or else, the second element may be Old Welsh byr (“short”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbere all →
bartonbarlowberwickBarwickbereBarfordBarcroftBerwick-upon-Tweed
Old Englishtūn all →
wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymingtonOrmiston
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.