Etymology

Cuckfield

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Mid Sussex district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref TQ3024). Full definition →

Anglo-Norman *cucu ← Old English feld
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  1. Old English · derived fromfeld“field”
  2. Anglo-Norman · derived from*cucu“cuckoo”
  3. English todayCuckfield

From either the Anglo-Norman *cucu (“cuckoo”) + Old English feld (“field”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfeld all →

fieldSheffieldFeltonFelthamBelfieldMakerfieldMorvilleBousfieldGwernaffield

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.