Wheelburn Law
hill or mountain · Scottish Borders
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Wheelburn Law likely combines 'wheel' with 'burn' (stream) and 'law' (hill or open land), possibly referring to a stream near a hill that was wheel-shaped or associated with a wheel.
Word origins
- Wheel
- Old EnglishAttestedWheel(from hweol "wheel")
- burn
- Old EnglishAttestedStream(from burna "stream, brook")
- Law
- Old EnglishAttestedHill or open land(from hlaw "hill, mound, open land")