The story
- Old English · derived fromhām“homestead”
- Old Norse · derived fromsparri“wooden beam, rafter”
- English todaySparham
From either the Old English noun *spearr (“spear, shaft”) or Old Norse sparri (“wooden beam, rafter”) + Old English hām (“homestead”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishhām all →
homehamcunninghamHempsteadHomewoodHampsteadRotherhamHampdenIshamhjemBrahamTrenthamhameDebenhamCockerhamMeashamWykehamMelthamAlnhamGrabham-hamhyemPavenham
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.