Lin Mill Fall
waterfall · Falkirk
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Lin Mill Fall is a waterfall near a mill. 'Lin' could be a shortened form of 'linn' (waterfall) or related to flax, and 'mill' refers to a grain mill.
Word origins
- Lin
- Old EnglishAttestedwaterfall or flax(from lynn "waterfall", lin "flax")
- Mill
- Old Englishmill(from mylen "mill")
- Fall
- Old Englishwaterfall(from feallan "to fall")