Sour Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Sour Hill likely describes a hill with poor or sour-tasting soil, or perhaps where sour-tasting plants grew.
Word origins
- Sour
- Old EnglishAttestedsour, unpleasant(from sūr "sour")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")