Muckle Water
lake or loch · Orkney Islands
Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
This name means 'great water'. 'Muckle' is from Old Norse 'mikill' meaning 'great' or 'large'. 'Water' is a later English addition.
Word origins
- Muckle
- Old Norsegreat, large(from mikill "great, large")
- Water
- Old Englishwater(from wæter "water")