Woodhill Edge
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name refers to the edge of a hill that is wooded. It combines the Old English 'wudu' (wood) with 'hyll' (hill) and 'ecg' (edge).
Word origins
- Wood
- Old EnglishAttestedwood, forest(from wudu "wood")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")
- Edge
- Old EnglishAttestededge(from ecg "edge")