English
tarnside
From tarn + -side.
Formed from tarn + -side
Proto-Indo-European *der- ‘to split, to separate’
Proto-Germanic *ternō ‘water hole’
Old Norse tjǫrn ‘a small lake without tributaries’
Middle English terne
English tarn
Today it means
adj Bordering or near a tarn.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “tarnside”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / tarnside