Etymology

Troutbeck

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Today it means: A hamlet in Hutton parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in Eden district, situated on the Trout Beck (OS grid ref NY3826). Full definition →

Old English truht ← Old Norse bekkr
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The story

  1. Old Norse · derived frombekkr
  2. Old English · derived fromtruht
  3. English todayTroutbeck

From trout + beck (“stream”), from Old English truht + Old Norse bekkr.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishtruht all →

Trousdale

Old Norsebekkr all →

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