Where does “Cochranes Creek” come from?

Cochranes Creek (English) comes from English Creek, from Middle English crike, from Old Norse kriki — bend; nook.

Ancestry of “Cochranes Creek”, step by step

Cochranes Creek traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Creek

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCreekOne of a Native American tribe from the...
2Middle Englishcrikemuscular spasm of the neck
3Old Norsekrikibend; nook

via English Cochrane

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishCochraneA placename
2Scottish GaelicMaceachrain—
Every word from Old Norse kriki →Every word from Middle English crike →Every word from English Creek →