Routing Linn Waterfall
waterfall · Northumberland
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Routing Linn Waterfall is likely named from Old English 'hrycg' meaning ridge, and 'linn' meaning waterfall. It describes a waterfall situated near a ridge.
Word origins
- Routing
- Old EnglishAttestedPossibly from 'ridge'(from hrycg "ridge")
- Linn
- Old EnglishAttestedwaterfall(from linn "waterfall")
- Waterfall
- Old EnglishAttestedwaterfall(from water "water", feallan "to fall")