Thornwood
suburban area · Glasgow City
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable4 sources · historical forms · name elements
Thornwood means 'thorny wood'. It describes a wood or forest area characterized by the presence of thorn bushes.
Word origins
- thorn
- Old Englishthorn bush(from þorn "thorn")
- wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood, forest")
Historical forms
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