The story
- Old English · derived fromhām“homestead, estate”
- English todayRotherham
From Rother (“a river in South Yorkshire”) + Old English hām (“homestead, estate”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhām all →
homehamcunninghamHempsteadHomewoodHampsteadHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenhamSparham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.