Etymology

Southwell

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Today it means: A town (with a racecourse) and civil parish with a town council in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK6953). Full definition →

Middle English [Term?] ← Old English Sūþwelle ← Proto-West Germanic *wallijā
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  1. Proto-West Germanic*sunþ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sóh₂wl̥ ~ *sh₂wén-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sh₂ún-teros
  4. Proto-Germanic*sunþraz
  5. Proto-Germanic*sunþrą
  6. Proto-West Germanic*sunþr
  7. Old Englishsūþ
  8. Proto-Indo-European*welH-
  9. Proto-Germanic*wallijǭ
  10. Proto-West Germanic*wallijā
  11. Old Englishwielle
  12. Old EnglishSūþwelle
  13. Middle English[Term?]
  14. English todaySouthwell

Inherited from Old English Sūþwelle. By surface analysis, south + well.

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