Addinston Hill
hill or mountain · Scottish Borders · 383m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Addinston Hill likely means 'the hill at Adda's farmstead'. It combines a personal name 'Adda' with 'tūn' (farmstead) and 'hyll' (hill).
Word origins
- Addinston
- Old EnglishAttestedAdda's farmstead(from Adda "personal name", tūn "farmstead, settlement")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")