Etymology

Somerby

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Melton borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7710). Full definition →

Old Norse Sumarliði
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromSumarliði“a personal name”
  2. English todaySomerby

From Old Norse Sumarliði (“a personal name”) + býr (“settlement”). Compare the doublet Somersby.

Words from the same roots

Old NorseSumarliði all →

SorleySomersby

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.