Butterburn Hill
hill or mountain · Cumberland
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a hill associated with 'butter'. The 'butter' element could be descriptive of the hill's appearance or texture, or relate to a place where butter was made or traded.
Word origins
- Butter
- Old EnglishAttestedbutter(from butere "butter")
- burn
- Old EnglishAttestedstream, brook(from burna "stream, brook")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")