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# Suffix found in many placenames denoting "place" or "place of" |
# Suffix found in many placenames denoting "place" or "place of" |
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#: ''[[Bryċġstōw]] "Bristol; literally: the place by the bridge"'' |
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# [[place]], [[area]]; [[provenance]] of, [[office]] of, [[jurisdiction]] of |
# [[place]], [[area]]; [[provenance]] of, [[office]] of, [[jurisdiction]] of |
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#: ''[[folcstow|folcstōw]] "a place in the country"'' |
#: ''[[folcstow|folcstōw]] "a place in the country"'' |
Revision as of 15:36, 28 March 2019
Old English
Alternative forms
- -stōƿ
Etymology
From stōw (“place”), from Proto-Germanic *stōwō (“place”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂w- (“to set, place”), from *steh₂- (“to stand”). Akin to Old Norse -stó (“place of”), Old Frisian stō (“place”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌰𐌽 (stōjan, “to judge, place”). Confer the similar usage in forming toponyms in the cognate Indo-Iranian suffix -stan. See also stow.
Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /ˈstoːw/
Suffix
-stōw f
- Suffix found in many placenames denoting "place" or "place of"
- place, area; provenance of, office of, jurisdiction of
- folcstōw "a place in the country"
- friþstōw "a place of peace, sanctuary, refuge, asylum"
- fulwihtstōw "a baptistry, place where one is baptized"
- moldstōw "a site; sepulcre"
- mōtstōw "a forum"
- nēahstōw "neighborhood; vicinity"
- mynsterstōw "town, township"