Etymology

Rotherwick

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Hart district, Hampshire, England. Full definition →

Old English hrȳþer
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhrȳþer“cattle”
  2. English todayRotherwick

'The cattle farm', from Old English hrȳþer (“cattle”) + wīċ (“farm”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhrȳþer all →

RotherhitheRotherbridge

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.