Beech Loch
lake or loch · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Beech Loch is a Scottish loch named from Old English. 'Bēce' means beech tree, and 'loch' is a Gaelic word for a lake or sea inlet.
Word origins
- Beech
- Old EnglishAttestedbeech tree(from bēce "beech tree")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake")