Crookna Water
lake or loch · Shetland Islands
Old EnglishSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
The name may derive from Old English 'crōc' (bend) and 'na' (a suffix of uncertain meaning, possibly related to a place or feature). 'Water' means river or stream.
Word origins
- Crook
- Old Englishbend, curve(from crōc "hook, bend")
- na
- Unknownuncertain suffix
- Water
- Old Englishriver, stream(from wæter "water")