Etymology

Denholm

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Today it means: A village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT568184). Full definition →

Old English dene
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromdene“valley”
  2. English todayDenholm

From Old English dene (“valley”) + holm (“islet”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishdene all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.