Mundham
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The name Mundham originates from the pre\-7th century word *Mund*, which is the [nominative](/wiki/Nominative_case "Nominative case") [plural](/wiki/Plural "Plural") of the [Old English](/wiki/Old_English "Old English") word *munda*, meaning "protector", "guardian" or "hand",[Wiktionary](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mund#Old_English). or the [Old Saxon](/wiki/Old_Saxon "Old Saxon") noun *mund*, meaning "hand", both of which come from the [Proto\-Germanic](/wiki/Proto-Germanic "Proto-Germanic") *mundō*, which itself comes from the [Proto\-Indo\-European](/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_language "Proto-Indo-European language") word *\*mh₂\-nt\-éh₂*, which means "the beckoning one". The suffix *\-ham* is the Old English noun meaning "homestead, village, manor or estate," which comes from the [Proto\-West Germanic](/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic "Proto-West Germanic") *haim*, meaning "home". The suffix *\-hamm* is the Old English for "enclosure", "land hemmed by water or marsh or higher ground", "land in a riverbend", "[rivermeadow](/wiki/Wet_meadow "Wet meadow")" or "[promontory](/wiki/Promontory "Promontory")", which comes from the [Proto\-West Germanic](/wiki/Proto-West_Germanic "Proto-West Germanic") verb *hammjan*, meaning "to pinch", "to hem" or "to enclose". Both *\-hamm* and *\-ham* appear as *\-ham* in modern place names.Mills, A. D., A Dictionary of English Placenames. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991\.


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