The story
- Old English · derived fromswīn“swine”
- Old Norse · derived fromsvín“swine”
- English todaySwindell
English surname, from habitational surnames derived from Old Norse svín (“swine”) + dalr (“valley”). Also a variant of Swindells, which is similarly from Old English swīn (“swine”) + delf (“quarry, canal”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishswīn all →
SwindonSwintonSwinburneSwinfordSwinbrookSwinefordSwynnerton
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.