The story
- Old English · derived fromcroft“enclosed field”
- Old Norse · derived fromskáli“barn; shed, hut”
- English todayScowcroft
Topographic surname for someone who lived by a croft with a hut, from Old Norse skáli (“barn; shed, hut”) + Old English croft (“enclosed field”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norseskáli all →
scalesscholesScholar Green
Old Englishcroft all →
croftCrofton
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.