Etymology

Preesall

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Today it means: A village and civil parish (with a town council) in Wyre borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD3647). Full definition →

Cumbric *pres ← Old Norse hǫfuð ← Old English hēafod
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhēafod
  2. Old Norse · derived fromhǫfuð
  3. Cumbric · derived from*pres“bush”
  4. English todayPreesall

From Cumbric *pres (“bush”) + Old Norse hǫfuð or Old English hēafod, both meaning 'head.'

Words from the same roots

Old Norsehǫfuð all →

Howth

Old Englishhēafod all →

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