The story
- Old Norse · derived fromviðr“tree; forest, wood”
- Old English · derived fromsċēap“sheep”
- English todaySkipwith
Recorded as Schipwic in the Domesday Book, from Old English sċēap (“sheep”) + wīc (“outlying settlement”). The last element was later changed under the influence of Old Norse viðr (“tree; forest, wood”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishsċēap all →
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Old Norseviðr all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.