Caunterbury

Etymology
From, late form of , dative and genitive of.

The pronunciation with could just be analogy with variation between  and  in other words, but the influence of the lost  in  is also possible. Such a development is also seen in, variant of ; this is not a mere backspelling, as orthoepists commonly give pronunciations of with reflexes of  in the Early Modern English period.

Proper noun

 * 1) * late 14th c., . General Prologue: 15-16.
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- And specially from every shires ende Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,