The story
- Old English · derived fromswīn“swine, pig”
- English todaySwindon
From Old English swīn (“swine, pig”) + denu (“valley”), similar to the name Swinden. The first element could instead be from the Old Norse personal name Sveinn, or its Old English equivalent swān.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishswīn all →
SwintonSwinburneSwinfordSwindellSwinbrookSwinefordSwynnerton
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.