The story
- Scottish Gaelic · derived fromceann“head; height”
- English todayKinghorn
From Scottish Gaelic ceann (“head; height”) + gronna (“bog”); the placename later developed to Kinghorn due to folk etymology.
Words from the same roots
Scottish Gaelicceann all →
KincaidKinnearKinnairdKinlocheil
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.