How Moor
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness
Old NorseAI-generated
This name likely derives from the Old Norse word 'haugr', meaning a mound or hill. The second element 'moor' is an Old English term for an open, uncultivated area, often hilly.
Word origins
- How
- Old Norsemound, hill(from haugr "mound, hill")
- moor
- Old Englishmoor, heathland