Pendle Hill
hill or mountain
Old EnglishAI-generated
Pendle Hill is likely named from Old English. The first element 'pen' may derive from a Brittonic word for 'hill', while 'dal' means 'valley' or 'dale'. Alternatively, 'pen' could be a corruption of 'penn' meaning 'hill' and 'hyll' meaning 'hill', creating a tautological name.
Word origins
- Pen
- BrittonicHill(from penna "head, top, hill")
- dal
- Old EnglishValley, dale(from dæl "valley")
- Hill
- Old EnglishHill(from hyll "hill")