Släkthistoria för Wistow
Wistow Vad efternamn betyder
from Wistow (WR Yorks) which is recorded as Wicstow about 1030 Wistow (Hunts) which is recorded Wicstoue in a 14th-century copy of a document from 974 or Westow (ER Yorks) which is recorded as Wifestowe in 1237 and Wystowe in 1365. The WR Yorks and Hunts place-names derive from Old English wīc-stōw ‘dwelling place camp’ (wīc ‘dwelling specialized farmstead’ + stōw ‘place assembly place holy place’). The ER Yorks place-name appears to mean ‘place belonging to women’ from Old English wīf ‘woman’ (genitive plural wīfa) + stōw.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
