Warter

See also: Wärter

English

Etymology

The village is from Old English weargtrēow (“gallows”, literally “tree of the felon”). Or, from wearrtrēow (“callused tree”), from wearr + trēow. The surname derives from the place.

The surname is sometimes confused with Water.

Proper noun

Warter

  1. A village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE8650).
  2. A surname.
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