The story
- Old English · derived fromlæcc“boggy stream”
- Old Norse · derived fromkartr“rocky ground”
- English todayCartledge
From Old Norse kartr (“rocky ground”) + Old English læcc (“boggy stream”).
Words from the same roots
Old Norsekartr all →
cart
Old Englishlæcc all →
leach
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.