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- Cumbric · derived from*melın“yellow”
- Cumbric · derived from*hal“marsh, moor”
- English todayHelvellyn
From Cumbric *hal (“marsh, moor”) + Cumbric *melın (“yellow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A mountain in Eden district, Cumbria, in the Lake District of England (OS grid ref NY3415). Full definition →
From Cumbric *hal (“marsh, moor”) + Cumbric *melın (“yellow”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.