Etymology

Brecqhou

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Today it means: One of the Channel Islands, a tenement of Sark, of which it lies to the west. Full definition →

Old Norse brekka
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  1. Old Norse · derived frombrekka“slope, escarpment”
  2. English todayBrecqhou

From Old Norse brekka (“slope, escarpment”); compare French Bricquebec and Old Norse holmr (“island, islet”).

Words from the same roots

Old Norsebrekka all →

Brekke

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