Thornlybank Hill
hill or mountain · Renfrewshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · historical forms · name elements
This name likely combines the Old English word 'thorn' (hawthorn) with 'banc', meaning a bank or slope. It describes a hawthorn-covered bank or slope.
Word origins
- Thorn
- Old Englishthorn tree(from þorn "thorn")
- lybank
- Old Englishbank, slope(from banc "bank, slope")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")
Historical forms
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