Sawmills
village · Derbyshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Sawmills is a descriptive Old English place name, referring to a location with sawmills. It combines 'sāw(e)l' (soul, but here likely referring to saw) with 'myln' (mill).
Word origins
- saw(e)l
- Old Englishsaw(from sāw(e)l "saw")
- myln
- Old Englishmill(from myln "mill")