Strichen
village · Aberdeenshire
PictishAI-generated
Strichen is likely of Pictish origin, possibly meaning 'place of the broom' or 'place of the brushwood'. The first element might relate to a plant, and the second to a place or settlement.
Word origins
- strich
- Pictishbroom, brushwood(from sotrich "broom, brushwood")
- en
- Pictishplace(from -en "place suffix")
Historical forms
Strichen