Downhead
hamlet · Somerset
Old EnglishAI-generated
Downhead likely refers to a place at the top or end of a hill. It combines the Old English word for 'down' (meaning high) with 'head' (meaning top or summit).
Word origins
- Down
- Old Englishhigh, elevated(from dūn "hill, high place")
- head
- Old Englishheadland, summit, source(from hēafod "head, summit, source")