Peatstack Hill
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This hill is named for the presence of peat, possibly in a stack-like formation or a place where peat was stacked. 'Staca' means stake or stack, and 'hyll' means hill.
Word origins
- Peatstack
- Old EnglishAttestedpeat stack(from pēt "peat", staca "stake, stack")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")