Etymology

Birkenshaw

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Today it means: A village in North Lanarkshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS692586). Full definition →

Old English birċen
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombirċen“birchen, made of birch”
  2. English todayBirkenshaw

From Old English birċen (“birchen, made of birch”) + sċeaga (“copse, thicket, shaw”).

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