-tun

Appendix:Variations of "tun" Old English Etymology From ang tun tūn, from ang gmw-pro *tūn, from ang gem-pro *tūną, from ang cel-pro *dūnom, from ang ine-pro *dʰewh₂- to finish, come full circle. Pronunciation tun tūn Suffix -tūn n forms proper nouns denoting a homestead, village or town Usage notes Owing to Old English grammar, often found in the form of -ingtūn (-ington) appended to various roots. Derived terms ang Descendants en -ton References Mills David The Place Names of Lancashire 1976 Batsford Books London 0-7134-3248-9 48 Ekwall The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names (4. ed., repr ed.) 1991 Clarendon Press Oxford 978-0-19-869103-7