Etymology

Coghill

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Old English cot ← Old Norse kelda
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived fromkelda“well, spring”
  2. Old English · derived fromcot“cottage”
  3. English todayCoghill

Habitational surname from a place in North Yorkshire, from Old English cot (“cottage”) + Old Norse kelda (“well, spring”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcot all →

cotcotterArscott

Old Norsekelda all →

Kendallkeld

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.