-tun

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tun"

Old English

Etymology

From tūn, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to finish, come full circle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tun/, /tuːn/

Suffix

-tun or -tūn

1. town

Usage notes

Owing to Old English grammar, often found in the form of -ingtūn (-ington) appended to various roots.

Descendants

• English: -ton

References

• Mills, David (1976) The Place Names of Lancashire, London: Batsford Books, →ISBN, page 48