What is a town?
a human settlement
What words does it share it's origin with?
Zaun, tuin", and tun
Which of these words come closest to it's original meaning?
Zaun
In england what is a town?
a small community that could not afford or was not allowed to build walls
What about the Netherlands?
it was a garden
In Old Norse what does tun mean?
town
Does the definition of town by area vary?
yes
What is the word Zaun an early borrowing from?
unknown
In English and Dutch what did the the word take on the sense of?
space which fences enclosed
What settlement is a town larger than?
a village