Steel Knotts [Pikeawassa - Steel Knotts]
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 432m
WainwrightBirkett
Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Steel Knotts likely derives from Old Norse elements meaning 'rocky hill'. 'Steel' may refer to the colour or a specific type of rock, and 'knotts' denotes small hills or rocky outcrops.
Word origins
- Steel
- Old NorsePossibly related to colour or rock type(from stál "steel")
- Knotts
- Old NorseSmall hills, rocky outcrops(from hnóttr "nut, small hill")