Etymology

Wighill

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in Harrogate district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4746). Full definition →

Old English wīċ
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromwīċ“village; farm”
  2. English todayWighill

From Old English wīċ (“village; farm”) + healh (“corner, angle, nook”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwīċ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.