Ashtree Pool
lake or loch · North Ayrshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a pool near ash trees. 'Ash' derives from the Old English 'æsc' (ash tree), and 'tree' refers to a tree.
Word origins
- Ash
- Old Englishash tree(from æsc "ash tree")
- tree
- Old EnglishAttestedtree(from trēow "tree")
- Pool
- Old EnglishAttestedpool, small lake(from pōl "pool, small lake")