Greenhags Hill
hill or mountain · East Renfrewshire · 246m
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
The name describes a hill with green hags, possibly referring to patches of green vegetation or perhaps a more sinister meaning related to witches ('hags'). 'Hill' is the topographic descriptor.
Word origins
- Green
- Old EnglishAttestedgreen(from grēne "green")
- hags
- Old Englishpatches of ground, possibly witches(from hæg "enclosure, hedge", hæġes "of the enclosure")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")