Braid Hill
hill or mountain · Scottish Borders
ScotsSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Braid Hill combines the Scots term 'braid' (broad) with the Old English 'hill'. It describes a broad hill.
Word origins
- Braid
- ScotsAttestedbroad(from brād "broad")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")