Flittermere Pond
lake or loch · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Flittermere Pond is likely an Old English name. 'Flitter' might refer to a place where birds flutter, or it could be a personal name, combined with 'mere' meaning a lake or pond.
Word origins
- Flitter
- Old Englishfluttering (of birds) or personal name(from fliterian "to flutter")
- mere
- Old Englishlake, pond(from mǣre "lake, pond")
- Pond
- Old Englishpond(from pynd "pond")