Auchendaff Hill
hill or mountain · South Lanarkshire · 427m
GaelicSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This hill name likely derives from the Gaelic term 'achadh' meaning 'field' or 'cultivated land', combined with 'dabhach' meaning 'vat' or 'tun'. It may refer to a field associated with a vat or a place where something was stored.
Word origins
- Auchan
- GaelicAttestedfield(from achadh "field, cultivated land")
- daff
- GaelicAttestedvat(from dabhach "vat, tun, large vessel")