Etymology

Tantallon

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Today it means: A castle in East Lothian, Scotland. Full definition →

Cumbric *cann
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The story

  1. Cumbric · derived from*cein“ridge”
  2. Cumbric · derived from*cant“rim, border”
  3. Cumbric · derived from*cann“bright”
  4. English todayTantallon

The first part of the name is Cumbric *dyn (“fort”) + *tal (“brow”). Specific element may be either Cumbric *cann (“bright”), Cumbric *cant (“rim, border”) or Cumbric *cein (“ridge”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.