Water Dean Bottom
valley · Wiltshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to a dean or valley that is wet. It combines the Old English 'wæter' (water) with 'denu' (valley).
Word origins
- Water
- Old Englishwater(from wæter "water")
- Dean
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from denu "valley")
- Bottom
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley(from botm "bottom, valley floor")