Etymology

haugh

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Today it means: A low-lying meadow by the side of a river. Full definition →

Scots haugh ← Northern Middle English *halgh ← Old English healh
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haugh · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*halh
  2. Old English · inherited fromhealh“corner, nook”
  3. Northern Middle English · inherited from*halgh
  4. Scots · borrowed fromhaugh
  5. English todayhaugh

From Northern English dialectal and Scots haugh, from Northern Middle English *halgh, from Old English healh (“corner, nook”), from Proto-West Germanic *halh. Doublet of hale.

Haugh · proper noun2

  1. Early Scots · derived fromhalh“minor elevation in a marshland”
  2. Old Irish · derived fromech“horse”
  3. English todayHaugh

* As an Irish surname, from Ó hEachach (“descendant of Eochu”), a popular name derived from Old Irish ech (“horse”). * As an English and Scottish surname, from Early Scots halh (“minor elevation in a marshland”). * Also as an English surname, variant of Hough.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhealh all →

hawkHalford

Old Irishech all →

McGahan

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.