Nottingham
/ˈnɒtɪŋəm/noun
A city and ceremonial county town in the East Midlands of England.
Did you know?The name preserves the Old English tribal ending “-ingas,” meaning “the people or followers of,” while its shortened modern form developed after the initial S- was lost.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*haimaz
“Home, dwelling, or settlement”
Early Old English
Old English
Snotingas
“The people or followers of Snot, an Anglo-Saxon personal name”
7th–8th Century
Old English
Snotingahām
“The home or settlement of Snot’s people”
1086
Latin record
Snotingeham
“The settlement of Snot’s people, recorded in the Domesday tradition”
12th–13th Century
Middle English
Notingham
“A form in which the initial S had been lost through pronunciation change”
Modern English
English
Nottingham
“The established modern name of the English city”