Oxholme Lake
lake or loch · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name likely refers to a lake associated with a place called Oxholme. The 'ox' element might relate to oxen, and 'holme' refers to a small island or a piece of flat land by a river.
Word origins
- Ox
- Old Englishox(from oxa "ox")
- Holme
- Old Norseisland, islet, flat land by river(from holmr "island, islet, flat land by river")
- Lake
- Old Englishlake(from laken "lake")