English

Eskdale

From Esk + dale.

Formed from Esk + dale

Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk

English Esk

Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’

Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley’

Old English dæl ‘valley’

Middle English dale ‘a dale or valley’

English dale

Today it means

name A valley and civil parish in Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough.

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