Upper Abercanaid
hamlet · Merthyr Tudful - Merthyr Tydfil
WelshSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Upper Abercanaid combines the English 'Upper' with the Welsh 'aber' (river mouth, estuary) and 'canaid'. The name likely refers to a settlement located upstream from another settlement at the mouth of the river Canaid.
Word origins
- Upper
- Old Englishhigher, further up(from up "up", er "comparative suffix")
- aber
- Welshriver mouth, estuary(from aber "river mouth, estuary")
- canaid
- Welshpossibly a personal name or a descriptive term for the river(from canaid "unknown")