The story
- Old English · derived fromfeld“field, open land”
- Old English · derived fromscēaþ“boundary”
- English todaySheffield
From the name of the River Sheaf, which is from Old English scēaþ (“boundary”), + Old English feld (“field, open land”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishfeld all →
fieldFeltonFelthamBelfieldMakerfieldCuckfieldMorvilleBousfieldGwernaffield
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.