The story
- Old English · derived fromtūn“enclosure; settlement, town”
- English todaySwainston
Habitational surname from a minor place in the parish of Elwick, County Durham, from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn + -s- + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishtūn all →
wellingtonClaytonWilmingtonbartonLutonWhartonfinkPendletonPembertonTunbridgeCrichtonBeltonTorringtonRoystonTunstallPinkertonLeytonFramptonLoftonNaughtonBlytonTarletonConistonOultonTurtonColstonCheritonLoxtonLentonSymington
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.