Etymology

Renwick

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Today it means: A village in Kirkoswald parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district (OS grid ref NY596435). Full definition →

Old English hræfn
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhræfn“raven”
  2. English todayRenwick

From Old English hræfn (“raven”) + wīc (“abode, dwelling-place”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhræfn all →

raven

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.