Etymology

Satterthwaite

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in South Lakeland district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref SD338923). Full definition →

Old Norse sætr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromsætr“pasture”
  2. English todaySatterthwaite

From Old Norse sætr (“pasture”) + þveit (“clearing”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsesætr all →

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