English Explanatory Dictionary

Engh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Norwegian.

Word forms

Engh Enghs

Etymology

From Norwegian Engh, a habitational name from Norwegian eng (“meadow”) for a person from a farm near meadow, from Old Norse eng, from Proto-Germanic *angijō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énkos (“a bend; curve; bowl-shape; valley”), from *h₂enk- (“to bend; bow; curve”).

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