Drayton
English
proper noun
Definitions
- Any of several places in England, with more in other countries named after the English ones.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Drayton inherited from Old English Drægtūn (town where logs are dragged), draġan (drag, draw) + Old English tūn (enclosure, homestead, town, farmstead, settlement, garden, yard)derived from Proto-Brythonic *treβ (town, settlement).
Origin
Proto-Brythonic
*treβ
Gloss
town, settlement
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
町
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Allington English
- Alphamstone English
- Draytonian English
- Royston English
- Washington English
- *tūną Proto-Germanic
- -tūn Old English
- Drægtūn Old English
- bere Old English
- cirictun Old English
- clǣġ Old English
- deortun Old English
- draġan Old English
- lictun Old English
- tynan Old English
- tūn Old English
- wyrttun Old English
- Drayton Middle English
- toun Middle English
- town Middle English
- ey Old Norse
- tref Welsh
- *trebā Proto-Celtic
- *treβ Proto-Brythonic