Etymology

Thursby

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Allerdale borough (OS grid ref NY3250). Full definition →

Old Norse Þórr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromÞórr“Thor”
  2. English todayThursby

From Old Norse Þórr (“Thor”) + býr (“town, settlement”).

Words from the same roots

Old NorseÞórr all →

thorTyrrellTurtonThorfida

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.