Etymograph

English

Tweeddale

From Tweed + dale.

Formed from Tweed + dale

Scots tweedling ‘a type of twilled cloth’

English Tweed

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 The area drained by the upper reaches of the River Tweed in Scotland.

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

Etymograph / Tweeddale