Linklet
settlement · Orkney Islands
Old EnglishAI-generated
Linklet is likely an Old English name referring to a small enclosure or a small stream. The first element might relate to 'link' (a small stream or enclosure) and 'let' as a diminutive suffix.
Word origins
- Link
- Old Englishsmall stream, narrow strip of land, enclosure(from hlinc "ridge, bank, strip of land")
- let
- Old Englishdiminutive suffix(from -let "small")