English
Queenhill
From queen + hill.
Proto-Indo-European *gʷénh₂s ‘woman’
Proto-Germanic *kwēniz ‘wife’
Proto-West Germanic *kwāni ‘woman’
Old English cwēn
Middle English quene ‘a queen’
English queen
Proto-Indo-European *kl̥Hnís ‘top, hill, rock’
Proto-Germanic *hulliz ‘hill’
Proto-West Germanic *hulli ‘hill’
Old English hyll ‘hill’
Middle English hil ‘hill’
English hill
Today it means
name A hamlet and civil parish (served by Longdon, Queenhill and Holdfast Parish Council) in Malvern Hills district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO858369).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Queenhill