English

Teesdale

Teesdale comes from English Tees ‘a river’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

A compound of Tees ‘a river’ + dale

Old English *Tēs(e)

English Tees

Proto-Germanic *dalą ‘valley’

Proto-West Germanic *dal ‘valley’

Old English dæl ‘valley’

Middle English dale ‘a dale or valley’

English dale

Every English word from English Tees

name The valley of the River Tees in County Durham, with the upper part in Eden district, Cumbria, England.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.