linn.
A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
Meaning & usage
A waterfall or cataract (torrent of water running over a rocky bed), or a ravine down which such a waterfall rushes.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English *linne, from Old English hlynn (“torrent”).
A pool of water, especially one formed and agitated by the water from a cascade.
Where this word comes from
From Scottish Gaelic or Irish linn (“pool, pond”), or else a Brythonic source such as Cumbric *lınn, all from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“lake, liquid”). Conflated to some extent with linn (“waterfall”).
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