Reeve Hill
hill or mountain · South Lanarkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Reeve Hill likely comes from the Old English 'rēfa' (reeve, an official) and 'hyll' (hill), referring to a hill associated with a reeve.
Word origins
- Reeve
- Old EnglishAttestedreeve, an official(from rēfa "reeve, an official")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")