Hooking Loch
lake or loch · Orkney Islands
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely derives from the Old English 'hōc' meaning 'hook' or 'bend', possibly referring to the shape of the loch or its inlet. 'Loch' is a Scottish Gaelic or Old Norse word for a lake or sea inlet.
Word origins
- Hooking
- Old EnglishAttestedhooked, bent(from hōc "hook, bend", -ing "adjectival suffix")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet