There are many root words for town🔍, settlement, land of  etc. These roots can be found in

toponym suffixes scattered all over Europe & the United States:  

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BURG / BERG/ BOURG - Germanic, = fortified town or castle 

[Similarly BORO/ BOROUGH - Old English] e.g. Harrisburg

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BY/ BIE - Old Norse = settlement/ village                                                   

e.g. Darby

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CASTER/ CHESTER - Old English = camp/ fortification                                 

e.g. Lancaster

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HāM - Old English = homestead [cognate French hamel = village]                 

[Similar: HEM - Old English = to border or enclose]                           e.g. Nottingham

​​ e.g. Bethlehem

​​IA / A - Greek = land of                                                                           

e.g. Albania ​​

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SHIRE - Old English; scir, = village                                                              

eg. Hampshire

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STAN - Persian = land of                                                                           

e.g.  Pakistan

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STEAD - Old English, = enclosed pasture                                                     

e.g Hampstead

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TUN - (ton) Old English/ Germanic) = fenced settlement/ enclosure                 

e.g. Boston

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VILLE - French = farm or town, basis for villa & village                   

e.g. Louisville ​​​

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WICK - Old Norse = bay + Anglo-Saxon = port, or local of specific trade       

[Similar: WICH/ WYCH - = settlement ]                           e.g. Lerwick

e.g. Ipswich

ZELE/ SEL/ SELLA - Old Dutch = home/ settlement       

e.g. Brussels

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